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Absolutely, I'm quite sure there will be useful info and it's a good idea to collect it! Just a note of caution about what we think of as 'normal'. (having originally posted my earlier comment in the thread about 'normal effects of exertion'.)

From that Guardian article:

When the psychologisers say you're imagining that you have Long Covid because you were traumatised by lockdown, and you explain that you weren't, they do a 180-degree turn and say aha: you loved lockdown and you were traumatised by the idea of returning to normality! There's always a...

We do need to be a bit careful about how much the conclusions from studies on young male athletes in sports science departments can be applied to the population in general.

Important point, and it's something the 'fatigue clinics' don't get at all when they tell people to do 'activity planners' - you can't just allocate a certain amount of effort to a particular activity, because it will take more out of you when you've been overstretched in other ways.

It is no accident that the media are platforming this ridiculous opinion at a time when the government is looking for justifications to cut not only disability support but special needs provision in schools.

Picks out the few bits of evidence that sound as if they support her view (if you don't look at the quality of the evidence). Exaggerates and misrepresents the implications of those bits. Completely ignores the much greater quantity of evidence that shows her view to be incorrect. Presents the...

Five years in and we're still getting these "up to two years" headlines. (Not the researchers' fault.)

but also Reconsider the intervention if there is worsening, but the baseline assessment ensures there won't be any worsening. Because who needs joined-up thinking when you've got box-ticking.

They actually call it "Armchair Expert" :rofl:

Thank you - I was bending my brain trying to understand the significance of that figure!

A lot of verbiage that doesn't address the question about the closure of services.

"The studies will continue until morale improves."

It'll be interesting to see a bit more info on this when available - how many people, how were they selected, what kind of LC they were experiencing, how long they were tracked and so on. Was it Sheffield Hallam who put out that silly fatigue management booklet telling people to record and...

That's just reminded me of when the TV dietician Gillian McKeith told people that when you eat green vegetables the chlorophyll oxygenates your blood.

The statement has now been changed to 'Long Covid patients are at a higher risk of going on to develop PTSD'. The link is to a UCL leaflet on Long Covid and mental health which just repeats the same claim with no source. I guess at least that's slightly better. (the UCL leaflet also talks about...

It's so transparent. You'd think they'd be embarrassed.

*sad trombone noise*

As far as I can find out by googling, it's when blood vessels in a certain area of the brain react especially strongly to the vasoactive stimulus used in the scanning process. There can be a positive or negative correlation with the stimulus; in this case it's 'extremely positive'. I can't work...

I've emailed to suggest they correct the statement that 'Roughly one in 10 long Covid patients go on to be diagnosed with PTSD' - that's from a study following up hospitalised patients in 2021.