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Wow the summary is frankly unprofessionally written. And the shamelessness of calling this a belief when the woo Garner pushes literally requires it. They talk nonstop about beliefs, it's literally their whole thing. So clearly the issue is not belief so much as whether they hold particular...

The plan is published. MRFF Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Research Plan https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/mrff-post-acute-sequelae-of-covid-19-research-plan?language=en This plan supports research investments under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to improve outcomes...

Unfortunately: So sadly this is not the good news it seemed at first. I hope this entire organization closes down soon. It's true that the world needs high-quality evidence, and Cochrane's business model is aligned exactly opposite to that.

Just more copy-paste fake medicine. Always the same. Literally always the same.

From "it's appropriate in a limited setting" to "let's implement this far and wide once we fix a few things" is just ridiculous. This is completely unserious, there is zero consideration for efficacy, and even the comments basically amount to "yeah it could be OK if it was otherwise". Out of...

I agree to a point. If the leadership of the JNNP is unable to deal with this competently, the responsibility to hold accountable falls to the parent organization. There is a limit to editorial independence, this clearly isn't the journal being editorially independent. Unless this is simply an...

Really hard to tell whether they actually believe this, because a quick look at the literature is all it takes to know that of course this is all it is. The history, definitions and even plain admissions show that this is exactly what they mean, as if a wink undoes the meaning. What a bunch of...

I can't believe that some Master's degrees can be gotten this easily. It degrades the value for everyone who actually had to put some effort into it. Pain catastrophizing is completely subjective to a 3rd party, has zero value and is nothing but a moral judgment of other people's behavior.

What an incredibly corrupt system. Illegitimate, even. They censor valid criticism, again and again. On the say so of the very people who are the target of that valid criticism. Criticism that many reputable organizations have substantiated, in this case literally what this is even about. And...

One of the most monstrous aspects of herd immunity moderated by vaccination is the fact that much of the world never had access to vaccines. It's such a mindlessly egocentric perspective, one that clearly says "I and my family will be fine, and that is all I really care about". Double...

Since I'm seeing this again, I've seen since more excerpts from his book and it really is mostly quoting their own words. Pages and pages of their own claims. Like the title says: they want them infected. They really did, and still do. So the pushers of herd immunity are mad at their own words...

Almost every time I see a paper on reddit in psychology, sociology or other fields of research using associative data, there's always numerous comments about how correlation doesn't imply causation. Except when it's about mindfulness stuff or the various benefits of exercise and wishy-washy...

Unions are always built from the ground up, by the people who benefit from them, and fought hard by the people who have to make concessions. There's a good reason workers' unions are the most influential: all healthy people of working age. It's hard work and needs a lot of money, both things...

Yeah that's unrealistic. Simply eating while sitting down puts me at 40-50 over my resting heart rate (although it depends which one, my Garmin gives me ~54 while Visible gives me 64, but I only get in the 50's late in the evening and visible is taken in the morning). I'd have to be laying down...

Video from Ed Yong. Haven't watched yet but he's been one of the best journalists covering this and I see familiar faces in the interviews. Long COVID: What Do You Need to Know?

Since we rarely ever hear anything from the RECOVER NIH initiative: By which she simply means that most long haulers had a mild illness, quote is a bit mangled. It's a short video. Unfortunately I tried with a direct link to the video and it doesn't work.

Hehe. Corrected.

Well, AI did learn everything from us, confidently saying something that is completely wrong is basically an art form with humans. And as SNT Gatchaman said, it's definitely not limited to Internet forums, there are entire disciplines and industries built on being confidently incorrect. It's...

Yeah on second thought this is still very much relevant, permanent damage would be a much more serious issue, but the language they used obfuscates a bit what patients mean by recovered, which is a common issue in chronic illness.

I put this in the "related to ME/CFS" forum because, well, most doctors believe that we are all depressed. Doesn't mean the relation is correct, but it this is what they believe and act on. There really needs to be a more generic term. Inflammation is a form of immune reaction, so is immune...