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Article by Tom Chivers (who once wrote a good article on ME/CFS and the lightning process): https://unherd.com/2020/04/how-likely-are-you-to-die-of-coronavirus/ Not much in there that’s not been discussed on this thread (perhaps he’s been reading it) but well written. One important point that...

I wonder if the behavioural scientists have been advising Michael Gove to lie:

My impression was that she is very well informed about how ME/CFS affects people but not necessarily particularly knowledgeable about the different organisations, research etc. That is not a criticism, just an observation. I thought she came across as a very warm, thoughtful and likeable person...

Miranda Hart (UK comedian) has posted two posts on Instagram about ME/CFS and other chronic illness. 1: 2 (video): https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-XggCGFgmr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link She starts talking about chronic illness and ME at about 10 min 30 sec. In the video she shows a lot of...

Long article in the New Yorker (also available as audio): How Does the Coronavirus Behave Inside a Patient? We’ve counted the viral spread across peoples; now we need to count it within people: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/how-does-the-coronavirus-behave-inside-a-patient

Boris Johnson on 3 March: “I’m shaking hands continuously. I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were actually a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you’ll be pleased to know. I continue to shake hands. “We already have a fantastic NHS, fantastic...

Posts moved from Coronavirus - worldwide spread and control I’ve just read Phil Hammond’s M.D. column in Private Eye (free to read): https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1518/news In the column he repeats the assertion he made on BBC BH: I would be very interested to see the evidence he is...

Yes, I wonder if that psychiatrist who was interviewed on the BBC Today programme might be one of them. Can’t remember his name. The one who said he didn’t need to self-isolate when his wife had confirmed covid-19. The one who wanted to go to the BBC studios when the BBC website was publishing...

More from Hilda Bastian: "FIASCO" REBUTTAL POSTSCRIPT: WHAT ABOUT THAT 0.3% CASE FATALITY ESTIMATE? http://hildabastian.net/index.php/8-secondary/88 Also, an interesting article on Buzzfeed by Alex Wickham: 10 Days That Changed Britain: “Heated” Debate Between Scientists Forced Boris Johnson...

Hate to promote the SMC but some good comments on there. Prof Willem van Schaik, Professor of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, said: This puzzles and concerns me too. Why did the UK Government adopt a different strategy to the rest of the world? Did it have access to...

Yes, it will be particularly useful if they’re randomised to the placebo control arm of the trial.

Oh, the irony! Worthy of a Blog @dave30th ?

Something I’ve been wondering for a while is whether Covid-19 could tell us anything useful about ME/CFS. If outcomes (eg mortality) following infection were significantly different in people with ME/CFS compared to other groups that would presumably be useful to know, and could possibly give...

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist from Imperial College London, was interviewed along with Professor Wessely: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000gdsw Interestingly, the interviewer (Nick Robinson) mentions that SW had wanted to come to the studio to do the interview despite the fact...

Good thread from John:

Yes. My perception is that SW has helped to create and perpetuate a culture in which people with ME suffer from far more prejudice and stigmatisation than people with psychiatric illnesses. For example, I can’t imagine any psychiatrist (or anybody else) being able to state on the BBC that...

Err, doesn’t it stand for “association”? Thanks for the excellent explanation. I sort of knew most of it, but very useful to have it spelt out so clearly and concisely. For anyone new to this topic, I’d also recommend reading @Simon M ’s blogs on the proposed GWAS...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51528800 “A doctor who worked at the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been suspended, it has emerged. Spire Healthcare said Mike Walsh - a specialist in trauma and orthopaedic surgery - was suspended in April 2018 over...

I just read Hilda’s second blog which I missed when it was published. A couple of points of interest which may have been noted elsewhere: 1. I see that David Colquhoun (prominent pseudoscience buster) has posted a comment below the blog: 2. I was not previously aware of this part of Hilda’s...