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Montagnier's subsequent suggestion to cite a report from the NIH or the CDC was met with disappointment as it quickly became clear that these recommendations were not grounded in scientific rigor. The consultant left the encounter with Montagnier feeling disenfranchised. It became evident that even experts—those whom the public considers to hold the answers—were grappling with a lack of substantiated evidence regarding the claim they were endorsing.