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I really like Nath. I think he's the right person in the right place. I'd really like to know why he's blocked from actually doing anything about it. What the hell is happening behind the scenes to create this impossible gridlock?

Well this isn't true. Most didn't expect it, even though they clearly should have, making this a clear failure of expertise. Some did, mostly based on other coronaviruses, as this seems to be a feature of the family. But especially so, the strategy of maximum infections is guaranteed to lead to...

Well that's awkward given another paper discussed today about somatic symptoms disorder where they explicitly claim that this kind of fluctuation is a clear positive sign of somatization, even when there is an identifiable cause. Well, it would be awkward if people cared about consistency. The...

When a known mafioso sits at a table and everyone greets them warmly, it may not be a group of mafiosos, but it's definitely a group that is comfortable with mafiosos. I'm definitely not comparing the researchers to mafiosos, but when scientists choose to work in cooperation with people who...

Because fart noises and also sad trombone but only if bestial shriek.

Oh there's going to be a few of those in the future, for all the "patient-hating charlatans" out there. They will end just the same.

Effect appears trivial and confidence intervals make the claim very suspect, especially by getting worse at the 2nd end point. There are thousands of unaccountable factors with this much fuzziness. Academia seriously needs to crack down on what is an unmistakable pattern of wildly inflating the...

Moved post Interesting thread on thrombosis, how platelets working with neutrophils make an important part of the innate immune system, how more likely it is that there is a source for those microthromboses and microclots, which would make treatment like IVIG and apheresis unlikely to succeed...

There's starting to be quite a bit of evidence that myocarditis and/or pericarditis may be a factor here, perhaps impairing the damage repair progress with exertion leads to small weaknesses?

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Apparently, the CDC has closed up shop when it comes to answering questions from journalists. There was also a mention from a prominent LC advocate saying that the CDC is keeping quiet about LC because it's politically inconvenient to admit that the pandemic isn't over. This is blatant political...

Already many good answers but I think there are still some missing resources. Always good to expose this to newcomers, this stuff doesn't get a lot of visibility unless people seek it out.

My understanding of this word salad is that it is the patients who are developing a model of predictive coding about symptoms and blah blah blah. I don't think they're claiming they have a model, rather they have a claiming that building this (cognitive) model is part of somatization, it changes...

Notably absent: immunology. Those are all widely reported in LC. Literally all of those I see commonly reported: non-epileptic seizures, limb weakness and difficulty controlling movements, POTS obviously and of course brain fog. And I have no idea how they can seriously argue for "new subtypes"...

It should, according to the wild promises. If CBT worked, it would be massively useful to quit smoking and other habits like adhering to diets. It could also be very useful at disciplined behavior, for things like athletes and highly skilled professions. No one uses it for any of the intended...

In a con, the sale is the product. This is their product.

This is the stuff that really should give people pause about the validity of this construct. It shows the utter silliness of the ideology. Sadly, it won't. This is an idea that should be rare, in the 1 in thousands. And they find it makes up a supermajority exactly in the population where a...

It's a luxury not everyone can enjoy but one of the fortunate finds I have made is a (hopefully) silent (enough) coffee grinder. I have been searching for this and they are typically very loud, some as high as 85dB, so basically out of the question. I was about to give this up and found one that...

I am always looking for silent/quiet versions of products and ways to reduce noise at home, and came upon this website dedicated to all sorts of tips, DIY guides and product recommendations for soundproof living. Since this is a common problem, I figured it could be a good starting point for a...

This is a good research avenue but it's not unique to ME and should be studied within the broader context of why chronic immune diseases affect women more (but not exclusively) than men, especially autoimmune diseases. Of course that requires accepting that the whole nonsense about dismissing...