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@Andy - did you want to create a calendar entry / new thread for the webinar that's on today?

A truly astonishing lack of ME on that two-day programme.

In the UK, all I've heard about is that if someone gets a positive PCR test they have to isolate for 14 days and then that's it - they can go back to normal. But should Long Covid patients be seeking PCR testing as their symptoms continue? Particularly if those symptoms are viral and are...

But are any Long Covid patients being offered repeated PCR tests? I haven't heard of that happening, and there seems to be a huge number of such patients. And they seem to be being told by their GPs that they're no longer infectious. They're not being given the opportunity to make a judgement...

My question still stands, though - do Long Covid patients need to continue to isolate? Patients need to know how to behave to protect others.

Does that mean that patients would still be infectious?

It's TalkTalk.

Thanks but don't want to provide the email address I registered with. But if I haven't got a message yet, I suspect others won't have - might be worth checking if a chunk of people have been missed off.

Still nothing, three and a half hours in...

Still nothing for me...

I didn't receive anything yet and I only have one email address and there's nothing in my spam box. Should I be concerned?

I just went to look at DecodeME's Twitter account and got a message reading, 'Caution: This account is temporarily restricted. You’re seeing this warning because there has been some unusual activity from this account. Do you still want to view it?' Is there a problem, @Andy ?

Thanks - that doesn't seem to be about pre-onset, though. I'm not clear about the advantages of looking pre-onset, however!

Thanks, Trish - do you have details?

This pandemic would seem to offer a golden, if horrible opportunity to do this. What kind of pre-onset info would be helpful? Can we do anything to get such a study to happen?

Interesting analysis, @Michiel Tack, and well worth doing. I wonder if one issue, at least in the UK, is the BPS proponents' portrayal of PwME as people who issue death threats against researchers. That has been repeatedly in the national press in the UK. I'd like to hear the views of current...

Well done, @PhysiosforME - really appreciate your great work on this.

They judge exposure by how many of the placebo people got the virus.

I would like to see videoconferencing as a standard, presumptive offer to people applying for PIP and ESA. I don't see why disabled people should be dragged across town for a physical ordeal as part of their assessment.

They would randomise them to either the placebo or active vaccine arm and the randomisation ought to have delivered equalish exposure to the virus.