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It is interesting to see that article in the New York Magazine. It makes it clear that the author was merely reporting the term which was already in use, and that he was not the source of it. It is of interest also to see the claim that susceptibility is inherited made with such confidence at...

On looking at historical cases it was recently brought home to me how the name is less important than the criteria. I intended to write about it elsewhere, when the head permits. There is listed, in the cannon of epidemic outbreaks, one in a Southampton school in 1979 reported in 1980. The...

Do the females with severe ME also suffer from "toxic masculinity"? Whatever that might be. It is not obvious, if they do.

We need to get the name right. It appears to be Claire Regina Fox. Presumably in anticipation of the success of the revolution. It is interesting to see that Wiki gives, as one of the funders of the Institute of Ideas, Novartis. Strange how the name keeps appearing. One day we will put it all...

It would be helpful if we could have guidelines as to the circumstances in which commercial interests are deemed to be of paramount importance.

I presumed that it was Nina Muirhead but, on checking, she does not seem to be recorded as having been there.

That is quite possible. They do say that vinyl is back in fashion. It is problematic, though, for pwME. All that having to get up to turn them over.

You are forgetting that people with ME rarely do anything until absolutely necessary. Before that there are other priorities.

The photograph is disgusting too.

He did indeed. What has yet to be established is whether these views were generalisations derived from personal antagonism to the views of Dr J Gordon Parish, or whether there was some wider evidence base on which the prejudice was founded.

It all seems pretty meaningless until someone invents a time machine to enable participants to be fitted with the device before they become ill.

The editor is on the ball. The bottom right hand box was edited out. It read "Vainglorious"

It could be argued that this appointment, which may very well be the natural and correct one, has made life difficult for Cochrane. Under the old regime it could have been said that changes have been made. We have reconsidered the matter in light of those changes and are now satisfied that...

I accept that it has uses provided that it is not implying (or, indeed, expressing) psychological causation. My point is that it is not taking the matter any further forward other than offering an alternative description of the symptoms.

Isn't part of the problem with "functional disorder" that it is not a diagnosis, but merely a different way of describing the symptoms. Patient says "this doesn't seem to be working properly". Doctor says "Yes, it's what we specialists call a functional disorder".

I think we must assume that the author is familiar with all uses of the term "whopper".

That may or may not be true. It is unclear. What is, however, clear is that it was not the clue that started ME. This is potentially dangerous territory.

I wondered that. It is clearly a deliberate act of provocation. Given her declared interest in long term conditions www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/sections/hsr/cure/staff/mason_s one has to presume that it is associated with that.

Until evidence to the contrary appears, we should perhaps absolve the writer from responsibility for the belief in a disconnect between brain and mind. It would however be interesting to know the beliefs of the editor on this question.

What would have been the procedure by which the decisions were made? Would they have been made by the chairman, the chairman acting in co-ordination with the officials, or the chairman rubber-stamping the decisions of officials? Errors like this can easily occur in good faith. What matters is...