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This is why I am so glad you are here with us Jonathan, and so glad you are dedicated to fighting the cause for PwME. Very well said.

Oh yes! Can ping it OK.

No, you're right from what I recall hearing. I think larger animals seem to ingest them as they feed don't they, and end up with their works clogged up?

Do seem to be a bit troubled just recently. Hopefully got good security in place, because I'm sure there must be no shortage of folks who would happily cause Virology Blog major aggro if they could.

No the whole site seems to be down at the moment, even if you try to access just http://www.virology.ws

Sounds like sitting on a fence but finding sharp bits sticking in no matter which way you turn. Not realising the best solution is to get off the fence ... on the right side.

But what do you think her intent was? To give that impression, but later be able to say to critics that if you listen carefully she did not actually blame patients? Or was she trying to do the right thing do you think?

I also CC'd Carol Monaghan in me email to my MP. Seems right that he sees me copying to her also.

My wife has ME, and is mild to moderate. All he would see, is someone who walks with a stick and looks a bit tired, but otherwise seems OK. The very sort of person who is so easy to misjudge.

Really good. Thanks to all. Emailed link to my hapless MP, with a note that this is not going to go away. But I doubt he will do anything until he sees sharks trying to bite his 'arris.

No, I didn't make myself clear. I agree with what you say completely, the truth is what counts. With research of course, the truth unfolds over time, so along the way all you have is partial truths. I was not suggesting to run away from these partial truths, but just pondering what BPS folks...

No.

So what if they come up with a result that distinguishes bipolar and ME from healthy controls, but not from each other? Then what spin might they put on that, before further research could dig deeper? Being as bipolar is deemed a mental disorder.

Definitely going off this.

Not sure if this is relevant or not (drug interactions rather than contra-indications), but in case it is: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/interaction/doxycycline-2.html Note that quite a few of the entries simply cite evidence as being 'anecdotal', as per: I've included it because it does seem to...

This sentence intrigues me. Given that placebo effect is all about perception, why would B12 promote a more potent perceived effect than something else? Is it just that "B12" sounds more convincing? Or is it that the clinical activities that accompany the prescribing of B12 are especially...

Which will hopefully be their downfall.

I suspect it may be inertia. Journals have probably been pulling these sort of tricks for many many years, and up until now have been able to conceal and obfuscate with ease, and faced no opposition they could not deal with. Social media has changed all that, and I don't think they have really...

Really brings home the perils of changing the question (or just numbers in the question) after scouring the data for answers to a question you did not originally ask, and maybe not properly controlled for. Presumably there will sometimes be genuine cases where someone stumbles upon an apparent...

Of course they do, but as I said, let's not give them just cause.