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It might be interesting to hear what his views now are. I think he has suggested that he would now express himself in different terms. As he would need to.

An interesting response. Interesting for what it omits. Is it intended to suggest that ME/CFS/AAI/PLTS are "designer or fashion diagnoses"? One presumes not.

You couldn't make it up!!

What "is" "science"? Apart from being a word. We can probably all agree on that.

How do they "know" what precipitates and perpetuates these conditions? Should they not say something such as "thought to be precipitated and/or perpetuated by"? Admittedly that would give rise to the question "by whom is this thought?". EDIT if this proviso is not accepted then the discussion...

Perhaps it is a mistranslation and was meant to say that his ideas were historic.

Has that advice been "firmed up" to include those recovered from the condition, or was it always thus? It is hard to see how those recovered would be at risk themselves from giving blood.

It is interesting that even Google translate appears to have, and express, a view on George Espolin Johnson. Couldn't have put it better myself. It must be considered unusual for a serving judge to express his views in such a way. One might expect his judgments to be appealed on the basis of this.

What is "the truth"? Could even a true statement necessarily reveal "the truth"?

Well said. Its just another example of the "babble" family.

One wonders what reliance can be placed upon any figures for the safety of this procedure, or adverse events arising from it. I seem to recall seeing on one of the other threads figures suggesting the procedure was relatively safe. They seemed somewhat surprising. It would be helpful to know the...

It looks to me as though he has been quoted selectively and out of context.

That was my interpretation too. It would seem to rule out, for example, Post Q Fever fatigue or Post Giardia fatigue

I suspect that there is a rather different topic to be discussed, in the way in which private doctors deal with matters when the outcome of procedure is not that which was expected. People contemplating undergoing this procedure should pay close attention.

I have just recalled those naively innocent days when we thought a cure was just around the corner and the MEA was made up of the official wing believing in PVFS and the provisional wing believing in Candida albicans. The only thing on which they agreed was that the others were undermining their...

I think that there are misconceptions regarding the use of the term PVFS. In the late 1980's it was certainly used by Behan and others to describe a chronic condition. The difficulties surrounding the term ME had become clear. When I was given a diagnosis of chronic PVFS I was told that it was...

I thought this was a standard part of the Ramsey definition. So much was lost with deciding it was all about fatigue. Doesn't Brucellosis also feature night-sweats. Supposedly with a distinctive aroma. I think "wet dog" was the description.

Sorry. I was deliberately obscure. There is a delicate balance to hold, and I do not propose to say more. Apologies if it leaves you confused.

It seems anti-scientific to be influenced by the purported "prestige" of the institution rather than the evidence supporting the particular work. Some of us, (well, I,) hold other views, as it was work from John Hopkins and the US Army Chemical Corps that got us into this mess in the first...

If they are to be used in psychology experiments they had better be recyclable. Everything else is.