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No. Have not had a single symptom-free day since the day I got sick, more than 40 years ago.

First of two done. :thumbup:

Gaffney is one of those people who is so consistently wrong that his views can be safely ignored without any further justification.

Even granting them 'theoretical' status is being very generous, given how consistently they fail robust testing. Wilfully ignorant, self-serving grasping at non-existent straws is close to the truth. Indeed. It is rock solid proof that they don't care about patient welfare at all, and are...

Well, yes. But it is just too easy to sneak in self-serving unscientific changes via post-hoc modifications, and once they are done they become the received wisdom and extremely difficult to undo, as we saw all too clearly with PACE, the very real consequences of which are still with us today...

:thumbup: Suggested modifications: - objective and/or adequately controlled (i.e. blinded) subjective outcomes - final outcome assessment ≥ 6 months after the last treatment session, preferably ≥ 12 months - registered in advance, with no deviation from the registered protocol for the initial...

I would add a 4th concept: the claims made by the authors are not only unsupported by the data reported in their study, and the other studies they cite, they actively contradict it.

Rehabilitation is central to the management of long COVID. Examined interventions include exercise-based rehabilitation, aerobic and resistance exercise, respiratory muscle training, energy saving techniques/pacing and multimodal approaches. I see nothing in there about the results from those...

Nothing to apologise for. This is what needs to be done with all studies and claims. Torn apart and all the flaws and limitations exposed. It is a core essential part of science, and something to proud of being good at it, which you are. :thumbup:

While the analytics component is a critical part of overall methodology, and worthy of review on its own, did they also do a separate study on the non-analytical component, the part that constitutes the primary data generation/collection phase? No good checking how robust the analysis of the...

Thanks for that correction. :thumbsup:

A substantial reduction in pain, brain fog, PEM, and overall increase in the quantity and quality of activity capacity. I will also accept a full cure, a grovelling apology from the medical profession, the guilty being held to prompt formal public account, and a couple of million dollars to...

Yet another piece of evidence that all they are doing is modifying patients' questionnaire response behaviour, independent of any practical meaningful benefit.

We are whatever they need us to be for the purposes of the current study. Any and all results, or lack of them, confirm the psycho-behavioural model. I wish that was a joke.

salt intake to 10 g That is more than twice the generally recommended maximum level of daily sodium intake, and more like 5-10 times the optimal. So it delivers no meaningful benefit, and seriously increases your risk for stroke and kidney disease. Nah. I will pass on this one. :thumbsdown:

we can't rule out spontaneous recovery And you can't rule it in either. By its very definition you can't predict it, cause it, or rely on it. It has no role at all in future planning for an individual case. THAT IS WHAT SPONTANEOUS MEANS!

And which specifically encourages patients to view their symptoms in a different manner, and hence bias the reporting of outcomes. It is blatant systematic biasing of methodology from the start.

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And worse.

The tyranny of algorithms.