I think that was written with other readers in mind, not Frances Ryan. He's basically telling readers that if only FR would speak to scientists ...
It's basically a parting shot to the world in general as he huffs out of the rooms and slams the door with as much dignity as he can muster.
She got it wrong from the start, all she had to say was that there was no evidence for ME being a functional disorder. Then if Vogt wants to say there is and cite some papers, she can sit back and dismiss them for the rubbish they are.
She seems to be feeding a pack of trolls and making it...
I can confirm this, because for the last five years I have alternated between grumpy and f***ing furious and it hasn't stopped me improving.
Wessely "showing" that improvement and mood are independent is only amazing to those who promote / fall for the whole positive thinking bullshit in the...
I think he's found a way to say "Rod Liddle seriously misrepresented our research" without saying "Rod Liddle seriously misrepresented our research".
What a rude way to start - how about "Congratulations on your opinion piece" or some other polite noise to break the ice?
Shows how much he knows about ME. In the unlikely event that he's ever approached / followed by an ME sufferer, all he has to do is walk at a brisk pace for a few minutes and he'll leave them behind him collapsed on the floor.
In the ME world people turning up and shouting "Tally Ho! Follow me!" are two a penny. We've had it from Sarah Myhill, Valerie Elliot Smith, and now Steve Topple, to name just three that come to mind from recently. Sarah Myhill is into all kinds of stuff I don't agree with, VES has her own brand...
Last thing we need is to get roped in to his journalistic in-fighting. It's not all about them. Whilst his writing on ME has been excellent, I have reservations about it being blended with his political views. Not necessarily because I think he's wrong about anything, and there certainly is a...
Shame it has to be about Rod Liddle, he'll love it and it'll give him something to bounce back off. Media people talking about media people in the media.
Still, Frances Ryan did what she could and who knows, it may end up being more effective than an analysis of the facts around ME and Michael...
Poor Claire Fox, hoping in vain to be trolled so she can join Michael Sharpe's small gang of victims. I'm trying to imagine a sadder ambition in life, but I can't.
All it should take is one UK mainstream journalist to realise that Michael Sharpe's narrative is completely implausible. People...
What a bland article written in a well-meaning but clueless tone. Doesn't distinguish between chronic fatigue / chronic fatigue syndrome. A few excerpts to give the flavour:
Ok, I'll try to have five minutes' rest every hour, and avoid the temptation of having a lie in if I feel tired...
I don't even feel the need to read this. Which shows how far we've come - 3 years ago I'd have gone through it with a toothcomb and written a furious rant about it. Now I can't even be arsed raising my left eyebrow.
Hopefully there will be bodyguards on duty in case any BPS activists are planning to turn up and politely disagree.
The problem for Wessely, Sharpe & Co isn't that researchers are leaving the field, but the opposite. An increasing number of new scientists and researchers are entering the field...
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