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The coronavirus advisor to the UK is apparently a psychologist that also heads the Behavioural Insights team. Maybe that explains the incompetence in the UK's response.

I think it would be better if he avoided branching out to other topics like L-form bacteria and stuck to metabolism. In part because this idea of L-form bacteria isn't new and nothing much seems to have come out of it. If he could identify the blood actors that are altering cell function then...

If carnitine works for you like it does for me, you'll probably do more on that day than you normally would. It also has some mild side effects that limit its usefulness.

Fuck people who knowingly prescribe placebos and take the easy way out instead of admitting they don't know how to treat this and writing a letter to the relevant health authorities to fund research so that we find out how to actually treat it.

The chinese government did at first try to hide and then try to donwplay the problem.

Meanwhile in Italy the whole country has been declared a red zone and the number of cases increased by 1598 in a day (from 7985 yesterday).

According to TV news, they are now trying a drug normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis on patients. They didn't say what the rationale was, but I suspect it's the idea that part of the problem is an overly aggressive immune response in lung tissue. It seems that it will be impossible to...

I think there is process of self selection: those who are intellectually rigorous find the concept problematic and so never become advocates. The question could also be phrased as "Why are there no smart people that believe in dumb ideas?"

The instructions are to not contact doctors until there is fever and breathing problems. Which there aren't. So it could just be a normal flu, or maybe in the future we're going to discover that this new virus will often just cause these mild symptoms.

Research into subjective experience should be undertaken by people who have actually experienced what is being researched, otherwise that is a bit like men wanting to explain the subjective experience of childbirth to women. It's hard to imagine that anyone who has experienced serious and long...

I think the concept of pain catastrophizing has more to do with not wanting to hear how horrible pain is than patients being psychologically disturbed in a way that makes them complain much more about pain than what would be appropriate. Not that anyone would be able to judge how much complaing...

My mom spoke with our neighbor and he said that for the last weeks they all had some persistent flu. No fever (just like in my family) but some cough (we don't have that) and they feel weak and presumably crappy (like us). It seems to be a low grade fairly slow burning flu. If other people...

First confirmed case of coronavirus in my small town. An older woman just up the street.

I am not sure what would happen if I tried to stand up. I think I would succeed but could risk an immediate fall due to poor orthostatic compensation and low strength. I certainly would not have good control over my body. I would (I think) adjust after some time but feel rather unwell, and after...

At the time of maximum fatigue I'm barely conscious.

Yes. I suspect that psychiatry and psychology causes a lot of suffering by telling people they are causing their own illness.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/03/who-is-getting-sick-and-how-sick-a-breakdown-of-coronavirus-risk-by-demographic-factors/

The radio this morning said a 61 year old physician died from the coronavirus in just 4 days.

Dysbiosis could in theory also result in "something in the blood" that triggers alarm systems, similar to an infection, without anyone able to find an actual infection.

But if fatigue is a medication side effect that would mean physicians might feel bad about themselves and the drug industry might risk lawsuits. It's so much better to just agree that the patients are to blame for fatigue.