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Leeds To Host #MillionsMissing Protest To Highlight Plight Of People With Chronic Fatigue Condition METhursday 9 May 2019
From UK newspaper the Yorkshire Evening Post:
Leeds to host #MillionsMissing protest to highlight plight of people with chronic fatigue condition ME Pairs of empty shoes will be lined up to highlight the struggles facing people with a chronic health condition as the city takes part in a global demonstration. On Saturday Leeds City Square will be one of 90 sites around the world to host the #MillionsMissing protest, organised to raise awareness of the plight of ME sufferers. The neurological condition, which causes pain and chronic tiredness, affects around 250,000 people in the UK and millions more around the world. Yet campaigners say more money is spent researching male baldness than the debilitating illness, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. They will highlight a lack of support for ME suffers from health professionals who often do not believe that they are really ill. Shoes on display at Saturday's protest will show how many people with ME are too ill to protest themselves. The Leeds Millions Missing protest has been organised by Charlie Wainwright, 22, who lives in the city and became unwell with ME when she was 11.
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