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We have gained nothing. We have lost, hugely, by every meaningful measure of quality of life. That is the reality. I defy any of those who think otherwise to trade places with one of us for a while. The vast majority of people will quickly realise how utterly wrong they were.

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My experience with an Omron was it gave persistently higher readings than the machine in the doctor's surgery. I even took it into the surgery one day so we could do an immediate side-by-side, and it was definitely high, by about 10-12 points, IIRC. (Was a while ago, and didn't test it enough to...

Nothing complicated about him. With respect to ME/CFS, he appears to have self-servingly taken whatever path seemed to offer the most reward and glory, without any concern for the actual outcome for patients.

Worth repeating. Yep, they know. There are no more excuses left. They are fully culpable now, in every sense.

Insanity, par excellence.

Psychological and psychiatric, social and palliative medical specialists as well as experts in rehabilitative medicine are also on board. *sigh*

More seriously, I think the secondary gains claim is actually a good angle of attack against the psycho-behavioural crowd. Ask them what the alleged 'gains' are, as compared to the obvious major losses. Do a compare and contrast. There is no world in which any fair assessment is going to come...

It is so ridiculous it is obscene. Not at my fittest in my late teens could I have achieved anything close to that, and I was pretty fit. The most generous possible interpretation here is that the researchers literally have no idea of what the average human can reasonably achieve, let alone...

Seriously misleading even. Though no doubt they are cheap and easy to do.

Yes, being in awe at something does not mean that thing is good. A nuclear weapon going off is a truly awesome sight. But probably not of much help in improving mental health.

“Independent Theoretical Biochemist” Translation: Unable to find employment in a reputable institute or program.

Yes, all sensible right thinking people know that paper towels work best to stop the tide. [taps head]

Hysteria was only removed as an official medical diagnosis in 1980. It was finally recognised that it does not exist and is sexist. Nah. After a brief pause for the sake of appearance they just relabeled it as Functional Neurological Disorder. The concept never went away.

They just keep digging ever deeper, don't they.

It is not just the GIGO problem, AI thus far has not shown any great capacity to independently reason, including understanding methodology and context. At this point it is little more than a fancy collator and summariser. Still does not in any sense understand the actual content of the material...

More than a little ironic that peer review was not peer reviewed before it became the entrenched wisdom. And not for a long time after it was either.

By their co-authors shall ye know them. Sandler seems to be the BPS rep on the panel.

More like they think it is anxiety about non-symptoms, about misinterpreting normal somatic signals and sensations (e.g. DOMS). Exactly. It is dishonest and underhanded in the extreme for the psychs to claim that being worried about a life-destroying change in health status, with no...

His excuse for that will probably be along the lines of not wanting to inflame an already volatile situation. I mean, we wouldn't want the professor to face awkward impertinent questions from his victims about his role in creating that situation in the first place, would we.