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I'm pretty sure people who pick cherries for a living don't do nearly as much cherry-picking as this. They pick them all and sort it out later.

I doubt there is a limit to how absurd the "treatment" can be, it's not judged this way, it's judged based on perception that the problem is silly and therefore it's worth trying anything, even the same silly thing over and over again without regard for any process or common sense.

The CDC has published this very disappointing report that shows they are not learning anything. Recommends standard exercise rehabilitation and therapy even though it recognizes the severity of the illness is so high LC patients are on average worse than cancer patients going to those services...

Worth watching. Vlad nailed it. It really seems as if there is about to be a clash of ideology, science and common sense vs. the biopsychosocial model. Long Covid alone makes that strategy insane, on top of creating a breeding ground for variants. But the BPS ideology cannot reconcile that...

One interesting point, in a further comment down OP mentions that this clinic actually seems decent, is not pushing GET or anything like that. Doesn't seem of much help but not being bad is almost success here. Hopefully it isn't just the "good"/better clinics doing that, they are the ones with...

It really does look like virtue signaling. They will mention it from time to time but have zero intention of doing anything about it. At best it may be a way to discredit research they don't like, otherwise it's just posturing. All talk, zero walk.

It clearly failed. It will be written down as a success. Hence the circular failure that keeps on failing by doing harmful things while refusing to do useful ones. Because as long as the wrong things are being done, there is no need to acknowledge that they are wrong, otherwise clearly other...

Yeah, seeing that too. Seems to be the main argument lately. This argument is founded on the assumption that the scientific effort has been sufficient to have uncovered something if there's anything to discover. Obviously not even close, and anything that faces this much opposition can be made...

Probably even before. Language aside, this could mostly have been written in 1915. The earliest texts on "functional illness" basically argue the exact same, only the citations and a few terms would be different. It's like a time machine, frankly, a field supposed to be based on science that has...

I guess the editors of this journal felt they had to do a "both sides", because they just repackaged Sharpe's bunk about functional somatic this whatever nonsense, basically arguing the exact opposite of what this sensible article says. Can't be respectful to patients without adding disrespect...

Repackaged with the same fluff and nonsense. Medical science isn't even close to half-way done, what an idiotic argument to pretend otherwise. I guess they had to balance the other article in the same magazine arguing the exact opposite, except with junk and pseudoscience. This basically...

Former director of the CDC. Sad that he didn't do a damn thing about it when he was in a position to.

There is a "Remove formatting" button on the right side, labeled "Tx". This usually takes care of most of those. Alternatively some browsers have the option to paste without the formatting, just like in Word.

Greenhalgh has her name to a new article, among many authors, which vaguely mentions "long-term illness". It's getting good coverage. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01589-0/fulltext

The flu mRNA vaccine is beginning its first trial: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/mrna-vaccine-technology-moves-to-flu-moderna-says-trial-has-begun/. It appears to target 4 strains of the virus, which is neat, and apparently two other viruses as well.

Developing a Collaborative Approach to Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/developing-collaborative-approach-post-acute-sequelae-sars-cov-2-infection This is probably worth responding to. It is so insulting in its premise, especially as it calls...

They actually did it again. They invited Wessely and Crawley to talk about the very topic they have spent their entire career trying to destroy. Again. Safe to say that medicine is essentially anti-meritocratic and rewards failure.

At least double the average. Probably far higher.