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Yes, important to keep in mind that is the minimum standard they have to meet – removing at least 95% of the target range of particles. They will typically do a lot better than that.

1. The dominant paradigm has, until recently, been the psychosomatic one. 2. In no small part due to 1, the post-infectious hypothesis has still not been adequately researched. 3. The emergence of Long-Covid seems to me a pretty good piece of evidence that this is post-infectious. Not...

I view masking up probabilistically. The right kind of mask, used properly, greatly decreases the risk of inhaling virus, and the quantity of virus inhaled if you are exposed. Particularly effective if your risk is casual, like mine. Meaning I am not in contact with the public much, so masking...

It is?

The game here is to flood the literature with apparently independent studies, all 'reproducing' the same basic result, using the same suite of flawed assumptions and methodology (mainly inadequate control of open label self-report measures, but also cherry picking evidence, selective...

Also worth noting that, as I understand US politics, health research has long been one of the most bipartisan issues in Congress. If there is one thing the two main parties are more likely to agree than not it is this one.

She was once told by doctors that she would never work again or have children. Want some hard evidence for that. If anything in the UK she was most likely told that she just needed some CBT and GET, and that recovery was possible, with the right attitude, of course.

This.

And we get accused of being in denial? Cowards gonna coward.

Although previous randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have reported benefits to structured GET in the management of ME/CFS,... If anything, the body of studies on GET from the psycho-behavioural club are characterised by their persistent lack of adequate control. They have also not reported...

Methods Randomized controlled trials... Stopped there. Anybody who can describe the body of psycho-behavioural studies for CFS as controlled really hasn't grasped the concept of control.

Documents like this really should not be behind a paywall.

One justification given by the PACE investigators, and also separately by Wessely, for the changes was that it made the results consistent with those from both the previous trials and their 'clinical experience', and that otherwise no PACE patient would be classed as improved, let alone...

Results show that those who participate in individual‐level interventions have the same levels of mental well‐being as those who do not In other words, a null result. The intervention does not work.

What were the outcome measures?

The lack of support from objective measures. No difference at 2.5 year follow up.

although it has a limited impact on fatigue and physical activity levels. No impact, according to the abstract. These findings advocate a shift in clinical practice and positioning exercise as a core component of comprehensive cancer care. Tailoring exercise regimens according to individual...

That would be the social part of psycho-social.

I first learned the term 4 years into it, and it was a real shock of recognition, light bulb turning on moment.

They are told that they are suffering from stress; that they are depressed or anxious. The implication is that their condition is psychosomatic; meaning that their emotions are manifesting as physical symptoms. This is a very invalidating experience that adds insult to injury. It is a lot worse...