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I may have missed this, but do we have a sense of how long a person remains sick once he/she has contracted the virus. What is the time range, until a person recovers? Are they very ill for many weeks? months? (As an aside, here in Quebec, Premier Legault has asked folks over 70 to remain...

He was barred from the College des Medecins (:)))).

Interesting; thanks. A couple of days ago a doctor wrote in The Atlantic that this is not a 'mild' infection at all, and that the media is spreading falsehoods indicating that the infection is light. His comments seem to be in line with Dr Gerada's. As an aside, I just heard this evening on...

The following article appeared this morning in The Washington Post, regarding the life span of the virus on various surfaces and in different forms...

What you, Trish, are raising is also on my mind. We have nurses coming in weekly for my elderly mother, as well as massage therapists. Also, I have some help with the housework. I am just unsure what to do. These folks travel by metro and bus to get to us. I just don't know what to do, as I...

Yes, it's actually seriously depressing and really alarming. Do these folks not follow the research? And it makes me feel that whatever progress has been made has not really floated up to the surface for some reason. This is truly worrisome.

I see your point. However, Parkinson's does not have a test but there are extensive tests which are done before such a diagnosis. (I believe the actor Michel J Fox outlined how he was tested in the book he wrote about his diagnosis. )With ME there are some issues; there seem to be overlapping...

My humble opinion is that we urgently need some reliable diagnostic testing.

Yes, Mithriel, it is different from anything else patients experience in life. My daughter says this too; when I pester her to liken it to something I might have experienced, she says she simply cannot compare it to anything she ever had when she was well and normal. She says she cannot compare...

I am glad you seem certain of this Dr Edwards. I find that sometimes researchers (in any field) like to avoid distractions, even if these might be fruitful. I have seen this in my field ever so often. I am not alone to have observed that sometimes one feels there seems to be a lack of urgency...

I should have looked it up before commenting, but my hands are very tied. I look after two gravely ill people. Had I searched I might not have earned: "ehhhhhhhm...." So from what I have read this morning, they are even used to feel. I dare say, there will be more to discover about our...

Might it not be fruitful to suggest this to the teams. The severely ill are counting the hours until their release.

An interesting post Butter. Do we use mitochondria to think? I don't know. You see, PEM is a result not only from physical-muscular movement ( exertion), but it can be generated from simply lying down and thinking out complex issues for say half an hour: for instance, legal arguments, or...

I second Robert. This is an excellent summary, actually brilliant. Thanks Simon.

Dear Debored, I entirely understand your statements. They are shared by our family member. I am utterly outraged that no treatment to deal with the most miserable symptoms of this illness have not been found. Prisoners when they will be released, but the severely ill do not. You are a fine...

Yes, dear Joe, you describe the hell of the Canadian system very well. Thanks. We have no help at all. When absolutely necessary, we use a private clinic and pay cash because it means not waiting in the waiting room for hours. One has to live in Canada and see this system at work to really...

Yes, Dr Davis is brilliant, that is not ever at issue; and he is dedicated beyond compare; and he pushes through even at an advanced age. And he does understand the urgency..all this we appreciate profoundly. There is too much on his shoulders perhaps and not enough help coming in from all the...

Thanks so much Wigglethemouse for the reminder that this was for 'shrinks.' Still, for the severely ill, who wait, this is all too hard. Look, even prisoners know when their release date is. The severely do not know when relief will come. And I fear that as there is nothing coming through...

Why Pray tell, why is it so hard to crack this? Is it that the thinking really is that this is a whole slew of diseases? And can someone just make a short little list of the main takeaways from the talk? Thanks. I'm so discouraged, so heartbroken, by reading the bits in the thread....

It's a puzzle why the big ME teams in say the USA aren't looking at this. If this is true, this is dynamite... How can this kind of study and conclusion be just filed away, or left to the side, or not pursued.