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Mea culpa. Never an easy admission for those in positions of power, so well done, Wendy Burn. Let’s hope other past presidents of the RCPsych are paying attention.

President Trump has been moved to Walter Reed Hospital and started on Remdesivir therapy. He is reported to be doing well so far.

No, he won’t have been on hydroxychloroquine still as a prophylactic - I read he stopped taking it after 2 weeks. But it would be interesting to know what treatments he’s started now, having tested positive. Maybe he’s started hydroxychloroquine again?!

No problem. I read this in the low dose naltrexone patient information leaflet from Dickson Chemist, Glasgow. Scan attached below, hope this helps.

Hi Kalliope! When LDN works effectively for an individual and they’re taking thyroid meds, apparently it may be necessary to reduce the dosage of thyroid medication as the LDN can help your thyroid gland to start producing normal levels of thyroid hormones. Just something to be aware of.

'Delaying Herd Immunity Is Costing Lives', American Institute for Economic Research. 31st August 2020 https://www.aier.org/article/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/

Boris 'planning to QUIT as PM next year' says Dom Cummings’ dad-in-law https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8661609/Boris-Johnson-planning-quit-Covid-aftereffects-claims-Dominic-Cummings-father-law.html?ito=native_share_article-masthead

Thanks, I've been wanting to get to the bottom of this hydroxychloroquine story. I can't for the life of me imagine why the Recovery trial went in with such an insanely high dose of HCQ, rather than what was previously reported as a useful dose -- no subtlety and no consideration of any...

I think this is an interesting study and valuable data, but what about patients with predominantly neurocognitive symptoms? A grading system based only on physical function will not recognise their disability. Clearly such a grading system isn’t absolute and is only measuring one aspect of an...

I think this MD’s quote could well put fear into any covid patients who’ve researched the history of ME/CFS, and seen the way the illness has been marginalised. Or, just have a prejudiced view of it from general media reporting. Beyond basic advice on pacing to avoid post exertion malaise, in...

"Exercise can boost your immune system, but only do it if you feel well." Controversial statement, from Phil Parker, there! Isn't that at odds with his previous work on ME/CFS? Well, at least we're off the hook now: if we've got symptoms we no longer need to admonish ourselves for not being...

IIRC Simon Wessely said the greater number of symptoms in the Canadian Consensus Criteria were more likely to capture mental health disorders than the CDC definition, and, contrary to what advocates for the CCC believed, would not identify CFS cases more accurately. But in general it’s a well...

IA = Immunoadsorption. From Wikipedia:

Your Coronavirus Antibodies Are Disappearing. Should You Care? New York Times, 26 July 2020. Declining antibody levels do not mean less immunity, experts say. Besides, two widely used tests may detect the wrong antibodies.

I don't quite understand this paper. Of 50,000 suspected covid cases/ hospital staff they screened from March to July 2020, approx 40% had Sars-Cov-2 antibodies detected using their ELISA test (Mount Sinai). Yet, by their conclusions the authors seem to be ignoring the 60% who had no...

New antibody mix could form 'very potent' Covid-19 treatment, say scientists Does anyone know exactly how these monoclonal antibodies are manufactured? Do they contain mouse protein, and would it be a problem if they did? Full Liu et al, 22 July 2020, paper here: Potent neutralizing...

I think there are two facets to this, one is people worrying that undetectable antibodies means no immunity, and that's a misperception -- there are other components to immune memory: memory B and memory T cells, that can quickly escalate an immune response, including regenerating antibodies, to...

I don't think this has been posted yet... NewScientist, 1st July 2020: Can we become immune to the coronavirus? What the evidence says so far Sorry for the cliffhanger, the rest is behind a paywall. If anyone has access I'd be interested to know more. Thanks...

VO2 max is maximal oxygen consumption, and this is taken as a proxy for your body’s ability to produce energy in response to demand. VO2 max is reached, when even with increased work load the VO2 consumed has levelled out and won’t push up further, with the test subject giving maximum effort...

Covid-19 studies based on flawed Surgisphere data force medical journals to review processes