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Interesting. How do we know that the other common coronaviruses have been circulating in humans for thousands of years? Is that a fact? If we managed to get through millennia while only acquiring 4 human coronaviruses yet 3 have jumped species in the last 20 years, that's a worrying trend...

This radio programme is not Covid-19 specific (it was broadcast in 2011), but provides very interesting background information about the evolution of infectious disease in modern societies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011pldm BBC Radio 4: ‘In Our Time’ - The Origins of Infectious...

Thanks for your reply, Trish, and clarification on rule 5 also. I've had a go at setting up a new thread: here. Please feel free to make any corrections, if needed!

I'd like to see a new thread created where we can post and track over time cases of Covid-19 that occur in any forum members who would like to share their experience, as it's likely at least some of us are going to contract this virus at some point. I guess in the members only section? Also...

Not an ignorant question at all. I don't know if chloroquine is structurally similar to quinolone drugs, but I think possibly yes. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are 4-aminoquinolines, and 4- quinolone is a compound derived from quinoline. I too have had a serious adverse reaction to...

But, in the long run, isn't this new coronavirus going to become endemic anyway? I don't believe it can be contained, so the best we can do is flatten the curve of new cases to relieve pressure on public services. I think this is the reality recognised by governments and balanced against any...

We need to start rustling up something between ourselves soon, to get them bats back!

I know... I think Jen's film was great in many ways, the level of public engagement, and presenting the human stories behind the moniker ME. But, taken as a source of reference information, then learning of the subsequent CCI diagnosis and remission with surgery, truly complicates matters...

Snopes reached out by email, and apparently the guy, Dr Robb, did indeed write this note, however it was only intended for close friends and family, not widespread public distribution. He said he may not have quite understood the modern meaning of the word ‘share’. One thing that I think we...

That's rather overfamiliar of him. What do you think he meant by that? That he finds it an offensive question?...

I think the blue masks (or 'respirators') additionally have fluid resistance. (You don't need this specification for protection against respiratory viruses.)

Yes, that's true. This might be a good opportunity for a prospective study, following the longterm outcomes of people infected by Sars-Cov-2. Similar to the study done by White et al on EBV, (probably his only ever biomedical paper and frequently cited by himself as credentials for a lack of...

Oh my god... I've been flushing the toilet wrong my whole life :eek:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/19/inflammation-depression-mind-body

I've looked into this recently for a family member, and also interested myself. I think Omron are the best known and most trusted brand for automatic machines, the brand that doctors seem to use. So that's what I'd probably get. You need to measure your upper arm, as the cuff that comes with...

For those that don’t know, Myra Preston, whose company is called Siber Imaging, was exploring the value of qEEG in CFIDS (ME/CFS) patients, back in the 90s. She was able to discriminate between patients and controls with, what I believe to be, a high degree of accuracy...

The Atlantic: A Map That Shows You Everything Wrong With Your Brain. Technology that compares your brain’s electrical activity to everyone else’s could revolutionize mental-health treatments—or worsen people’s obsessions with perfection. Just posting this for a bit of background information...

Cliff et al., 2019, in their paper "Cellular Immune Function in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)", report that: 'Contrary to previous reports, no significant differences were observed in NK cell numbers, subtype proportions or in vitro responsiveness between ME/CFS...

I don’t think this is quite true though, is it? I thought that some researchers have been unable to replicate this finding, and there were questions surrounding differences in methodology, sample collection and processing. Can anyone link to negative studies, assuming they’ve been published?

I’m not sure about the smell. But when on precipice of a crash I’ve noticed that I need to pee more.