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Thank you for your replies. Sorry I didn’t explain the context of my friends comment - we weren’t talking specifically about my ME at the time. It was actually made in response to an exchange we had about about a relative of hers who suffers with anxiety (I’ve no idea what type). I guess the...

Thanks for starting this thread @Sarah94, it’s really helpful. I’m curious to know what people think of this comment a friend made to me in an email exchange: “So many illnesses have such unknown/complex/multiple physical and mental causes, it’s impossible to unpick them.” I’m not sure how to...

Abstract Intuition is a decision-making method that is used unconsciously by experienced practitioners but is inaccessible to the novice. It is rapid, subtle, contextual, and does not follow simple, cause-and-effect logic. Evidence-based medicine offers exciting opportunities_for improving...

I’m very sorry to hear this news. Gary, if you’re reading this, thank you so much for all of your earlier work in helping to raise awareness about ME. I listened to all episodes (of both series) of The ME Show that you made a few years ago. It was brilliant. I recall how it reached a very...

Thank you @dave30th for all the work you continue to do on behalf of people with ME/CFS. You’ve done so much for us. It’s always a pleasure to contribute to your crowdfunding campaigns. (I’m just one of your many fans :) ❤️)

So sorry to hear that @Binkie4 :(. I hope you get some improvement soon. xx

I’m curious to know what those of you who have had 2 doses of vaccines are now comfortable doing? Have you changed your behaviour much since having two doses? It’s been 2 weeks since my second dose of vaccine and I’m undecided about what to do. I’m feeling slightly under pressure to mix with...

I had my 2nd dose of Pfizer last Friday. The side effects from the second dose were much worse for me than the first dose (which as mentioned earlier in this thread I barely noticed any side effects from). Fortunately the worst of it didn’t last for much more than about 24-36 hours and I...

It varies. My parents were both sent letters with an appointment time, date and place (a vaccination centre). The letter did not state which vaccine they would be given and there was no contact number so no way of finding out. They didn’t know what they were getting until they arrived for their...

Hi Tia. It was because the clinical trials showed that the efficacy (the percentage reduction of disease in the vaccinated group of people compared to the unvaccinated group) is considerably better for the Pfizer vaccine than for AZ. Personally I decided that the risk of relapse would be much...

Just a quick update to say that I was able to get the Pfizer vaccine after turning down my first invitation for Oxford/AstraZeneca a couple of weeks ago (my GP surgery had its first delivery of Pfizer this week since the first week of January!). I was a bit worried about asking for a specific...

Just a quick update to say that I was able to get the Pfizer vaccine after turning down my first invitation for Oxford/AstraZeneca a couple of weeks ago (my GP surgery had its first delivery of Pfizer this week since the first week of January!). I was a bit worried about asking for a specific...

I declined an invitation yesterday to make a vaccine appointment because the only option currently available at my local surgery is Oxford/AstraZeneca. I’m hoping they might get more Pfizer in at some point and that I might be able to have that one instead. I have no idea if that will be...

And as promised here’s the transcript of what Paul Garner’s said: That’s all of it. I’m off for a rest now.

Here’s the transcript of what Clare Gerada said: I will do the transcript for PG’s bit in a separate post, I’m about halfway through it now.

It might take me some time but I will try do a transcript of the relevant segment of the BBC Breakfast News piece. Will post back here later on.

Thank you @Snow Leopard for your thoughts on this. I'm surprised that the optimum timing for a second dose of vaccine isn't something that has already been well established with previous vaccines. Is this because the optimum timing varies depending on the type of vaccine and there is therefore...

[ETA: The following was a response to a post which has now been deleted. The post was removed because I had got confused (often happens) and misunderstood it, so there were concerns it might have caused confusion for others too. This post remains the same just with the original references to...

According to Hilda Bastian the data on preventing severe illness with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is "almost non-existent"