The article said that the fibers were tested and found to be cotton or nylon.
There are some mysterious diseases out there, some that have come and gone, like sweating sickness.
Out of curiosity, does either of you of Morgellons? With the fibers?
My wife and I do. Contracted after working in a plant bed that sits over a septic tank.
FWIW, if the samples were primarily from skin scrapings, they they were a waste of time. The fibers work deep under the skin.
My family has people who fight with fibromyalgia. I hate to say it..but it closely resembles some of the symptoms that Morgellons produces.