From CDC website, concerning XMRV (and MLV, same family) as it relates to CFS. Mikovits's error was in making the connection from virus to vaccine,.and blood supply, on a national stage. Any hypothesis should have stayed internal, until confirmed.
The CDC doesn't seem convinced that XMRV isn't a a possibility.
As noted above, XMRV was first identified in 2006 in patients with prostate cancer. A study published by Lombardi and colleagues (Science, 2009;326:585) reported finding evidence of XMRV in about two-thirds of CFS patients and nearly 4% of healthy persons. However, several other recent studies found no evidence of XMRV in persons with CFS and in controls; these studies include a report published by CDC investigators and colleagues in July 2010 (see update). More recently, researchers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Harvard Medical School reported evidence of MLVs in about 87% of CFS patients and 7% of healthy blood donors (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010).
The reporting of different research findings from different studies is not uncommon. The different findings may be due to a variety of factors, such as differences in the study populations. At the present time, the potential role of XMRV and MLVs in causing diseases such as prostate cancer and CFS and the frequency of XMRV and MLV infection among healthy persons are unknown. If it is determined that XMRV and MLVs have a role in causing disease and illness in humans, prevention recommendations can be made.
The last bolded is interesting.
If, a strange retrovirus is in a small percentage of the population, those retroviruses can become activated in the presence of an infection, such as a coronavirus. The activation of any retrovirus can cause an inflammatory response in those patients, and cause all sorts of non-coronavirus symptoms, like coagulopathy, blood disorders, and heart attacks, to name a few.
Is this not what we see with Covid?
To blatantly disregard what she has to say is foolhearty. There may be enough truths in here that matter.
Anyway, I have her latest book now, and will delve into the details of her claims.