Negative CCSVI results are hailed gleefully by neurologists as being proof that CCSVI is not causative of MS. But the same neurologists seem to think that MS is immunological, even though there is scant evidence of autoimmunity being causative of MS.
The problem for all the naysayers concerning CCSVI is that they aren’t presenting any kind of alternative theory. Neurologists don’t know what causes MS, and while the immune system is certainly involved - and is therefore the reason that immunosuppressants work, up to a point - the uncontroversial assumption that MS is an autoimmune disease does not withstand much scrutiny.
We’re spending a lot of time and money looking for a cure without first knowing the cause. This was not the approach taken with other immune diseases such as AIDS.
Here’s Joan Beal taking down the negative studies of MS at ECTRIMS. Note how the researchers are ignoring the theoretical framework behind CCSVI and are simply looking for blockages.
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