Trial By Error: Professor Michael Sharpe’s Gaffe on Australian Radio

Andy

Andy

Retired committee member
It’s Thursday morning in Australia, and I’ve just arrived in Brisbane after a red-eye from Perth, with a week left to go on my tour Down Under. Of course I’m backed up on things I need to write about, and hope to have some down time soon to pull stuff together. (I only post on here from Monday to Wednesday, because Professor Racaniello posts from Thursday to Sunday. I’m doing this post now from the Brisbane airport so I can get it up before Wednesday ends in New York.)

First, for those keeping track, here is yet another clip of me talking. This is a conversation with young Australians with ME/CFS. They “meet” regularly for video chats, and invited me to join them a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed hanging out with them online and suggested that I didn’t have to be in Australia for us to do this again:

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http://www.virology.ws/2018/04/18/t...or-michael-sharpes-gaffe-on-australian-radio/
 
Tuller: If, after spending five million pounds, the authors could not definitively show “how much better” these treatments were [for the few who supposedly show any benefit at all] than not having them, why have the therapies become the de facto standard of care all around the world?
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Yes. I think that's what we've all been wondering for years. The spread of CBT /GET as 'the best available' treatment is a puzzle, like the Kardashians or something. You keep thinking: "How did that happen?"
 
My Kinsley Gaffe reference made it into an article, *happy dance* :emoji_blush::emoji_dancer: :emoji_champagne_glass: :emoji_cake: :emoji_shaved_ice:

Okay, i had my moment, PEM has brought me back to earth :emoji_zzz:

Edit: Why does being happy for a few mins cause such a crash so quickly, i'm not joking that happy burst fried me out :emoji_face_palm:
 
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FreeSarah said:
Yes. I think that's what we've all been wondering for years. The spread of CBT /GET as 'the best available' treatment is a puzzle, like the Kardashians or something. You keep thinking: "How did that happen?"
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I think it has something to do with PACE being a thing of beauty, like an ocean liner, or something like that.

[Note: No one perished in the incident below.]

 
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