Search results

Apologies if I am spoiling your narrative. Perhaps I had better shut up.

Following up on the abortive poliomyelitis point I have encountered some intriguing aspects. There seem to be various discrepancies regarding the start of the epidemic. What appears from the twitter thread to be the original case of the American clerical worker would appear to be this Case...

We should be careful with that, until the final version is published. Forces may be on manoeuvre

On the audio clip of Melvin Ramsey can anyone determine the name of the condition which he says they thought the earliest cases to be? I can't.

Lest any body take that paper by Cluff too seriously I would just point out one further issue. He says It was striking that virtually all of those individuals who had CFS following acute influenza had appeared in the clinic complaining of being sick, but fewer than 4 % of those who did not...

You can define words however you like provided that you include a definition section or schedule setting out your definitions of words used in some unusual or unfamiliar manner.

For the sake of completeness I will lpost the link to this paper which was found by @Snow Leopard and posted on another thread https://sci-hub.st/10.1093/clinids/13.Supplement_1.S138 Medical Aspects of Delayed Convalescence Leighton E. Cluff From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...

Not the Leighton Cluff who started out with a cohort of 540 men and 60 women from Fort Detrick, whittled them down to 480 men, but produced the same number of positive results, notwithstanding that one of them was originally said to be female.

The meaning of recovery differed between participants—expectations for improvement and deployment of the sick role (and associated stigma) were key influences. While some saw recovery as complete freedom from symptoms, many defined it as freedom from the “sick role", I would be astonished if...

Ramsay pointed out 30 odd years ago that that not all post viral fatigue following glandular fever could be equated with ME, which he characterised as having the relapsing/remitting symptoms.

The tipping point will come when the artificial distinction between some with "long covid" and those with ME leads to discriminatory practices in favour of long covid, either in terms of care or finance. Fauci needs to find a way of escaping history before reasonable progress can be made. That...

I have every sympathy with those GP's who have lost their jobs. Many of us will recall the difficulties in which they will find themselves. Prof Delaney needs to recognise that people other than GP's will be similarly affected.

That is strange terminology. Patients with clearly identifiable lung or cardiac problems would not normally be considered candidates for a diagnosis of CFS, whether on steroids or not. It would be the ones with negative tests who resemble the "CFS" like picture.

That will be one of the major drivers for the wish to to differentiate the conditions.

I thought that the comment from Osterholme probably indicated that he is unfamiliar with "CFS" case arising after acute viral illness. From what I have heard of some "long haulers" they sound absolutely typical. This does not bode well.

Can't go wrong saying that, so long as you make no prediction as to whether the bad dream will have ended.

Words have many uses.

If that be the strategy it seems strange to throw away the possibilities of tactical advantage offered by the apparent division within the ranks.

PRINCIPLES OF WORKING We seek to maximise consensus but respect those who have differing views. Members are free to opt in or out of specific group activities These are the stated practices. It makes no mention of a requirement to respect those with shared views. MEAction UK seem to have...

Has that ever been denied by those claiming similarities with ME? Surely we only claim that some cases of post covid are sufficiently similar to PVFS/ME to be regarded as probably "the same" condition. It is perfectly reasonable to acknowledge the causative pathogen in the name ascribed, in...