These poor mice. :( A waste. Can there not be a higher standard to be able to do mouse etc studies? :(
I completely agree - but what the hell is wrong with *everyone*? People *love* this narrative about illness - about their own illnesses, even....
Given that PEM is characteristic of ME, figuring out the root cause of PEM is likely to figure out a large part of the story of the "root cause"...
I agree. At first I thought he must be joking and having a dig at SW, but the context makes it clear he isn't joking at all. Hard to take him...
Apparently there was a problem extracting my DNA so they are sending another kit. I am glad they are checking! Gah I hope it works the next time....
I was really upset to see this morning that this has not been funded. :( There are little to no good quality studies being funded that I know of...
This may come off the wrong way and I mean absolutely no harm or snark by it, but it's a bit distressing that you'd think Derek Draper was the...
[MEDIA] Is this one of them? (This is a long thread) IIRC he has talked about ME/CFS a lot. ETA: [MEDIA]
Has anyone reached out to him? This is so disappointing.
Basically they are saying maybe they would have had symptoms anyway? Is this the best they can come up with? Weak stuff. Didn't really need a paper.
Fair enough. And presumably he is pursuing other avenues as well. I hope they succeed and something good happens. :)
I find his use of twitter kind of strange generally but I thought the intended audience was the patients so maybe the interactions had their uses....
Sorry I just hope these rabbits are okay :( x
I don't really understand this. Wouldn't the kinds of people SW is usually trying to impress and cosy up to be appalled by or trying to distance...
I tried to sign up to try this. I didn't realize it asks for your phone number - yikes? I didn't complete the process after that and now I'm...
"As an adult aged 18-30, your risk of long COVID is low: after natural infection in unvaccinated people, around 1 in 100 people aged 18-30 still...
Thanks for relating your experience of the Cleveland Clinic to us. I am glad someone "believed" you, but was a little worried about the content of...
This is good news, at least? I wonder who made them "aware" of it?
This actually sounds like a great "treatment" programme to me. Sign me up!! (Realizing the picture I use for my avatar here just as I am posting)
I am really glad this is getting a WaPo editorial. But reading stuff like this really makes we wonder what people think "the pandemic" was if this...
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