Comments underneath seem sceptical of some of the claims he made.... did he say he was doing 700 press ups each morning? That's a little more than just 'amazing'.
When MPs say that they don't sign EDMs maybe it would be worth people emphasising that this is an unusual case, where a section of the UK state that politicians tend to just defer to (medical research) has made serious mistakes, and now appears to be trying to avoid acknowledging their failings...
Even to really ill-informed patients, surely this looks terrible? I guess a lot of people are just too caught up in their own lives and ill-health to care?
Just saw this reply from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to @Paul Watton linked to on social media, which includes bits on PACE: https://app.box.com/s/wr8rzkaeulprkki2y213yinmqtpoh0vu
eg:
I'm sure I saw an earlier part of this correspondance elsewhere. @Paul Watton -...
Wessely was pleased about Walport's appointment:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-prof-sir-mark-walport-being-appointed-as-chief-executive-of-ukri/
Blakemore praises his 'political acumen'...
Mark Walport was director of the Wellcome Trust when the Science Media Centre were doing their most to spin results from PACE and stigmatise the patients pointing out problems with it.
He was also a part of the appalling coverage on Radio 4 that the Science Media Centre engineered...
Only just seen this (I google less frequently than I used to):
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cfs_the_volume_of_objective_data#outgoing-766327
Only interesting for how little info they provide.
It seems that all that is needed for QMUL to decide that they should not release data...
I remember thinking that LP piece was very weak when I read it too, and especially in comparison to Tuller's examination of it from December: http://www.virology.ws/2017/12/13/trial-by-error-the-smile-trials-undisclosed-outcomes/
Steve Topple at the Canary has done a load of Millions Missing stories now. Thanks to him.
This is what wikipedia says about readership there:
During July 2016, The Canary achieved over 7.5 million page views, ranking 97th in readership among British media organisations, slightly higher than...
Chew-Graham was one of the FINE researchers, and pretty much everything I've seen from her on CFS has been terrible.
Here's Tuller's blog on FINE: http://www.virology.ws/2015/11/09/trial-by-error-continued-why-has-the-pace-studys-sister-trial-been-disappeared-and-forgotten/
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