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Obviously we need to think about the names we give to variants, as it is quite clear that some names are more likely to induce cultural angst than others. Names with only 2 syllables (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) tend to cause an increased risk of perceived long-covid than those with three...

Thanks for the replies. It may well be, but there's only so much cutting-edge science I can keep up with so I haven't bothered paying any attention to central sensitisation theory, I just look at the names of those involved and use a simple heuristic to decide how much of my time to dedicate to...

My wife has just been talking to a helpful friend and the subject of (my) headaches popped up. According to the helpful friend when we suffer pain our brain retains a memory of it, or something, so in future pain is also influenced by memories of past pain, I think. My wife remembers learning...

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/strident I've been called many things in my time, but never grating or shrill. I agree it's arguable, and Vladimir Putin has been called strident recently, but generally I hear it more often in the context of "strident feminist" etc. It's a word whose...

In the interests of maintaining my equipoise, I have just noticed this: So ok, that's sexist, as "strident" does mean grating, shrill, or inappropriately loud for a female.

I'm still not convinced about the sexism. As the thread I linked to in my above post shows, NR is more than capable of patronising large groups of people without regard to age, gender, severity of ME, or whether he's ever met them or knows anything about them. I find him admirably indiscriminate...

Not the first time Mr Riley has been accused of writing patronising nonsense: https://www.s4me.info/threads/me-association-magazine-summer-2019.10788/#post-191812

What a whole load of twaddle. My back went 3 days ago and I've been flat on it ever since. It never occurred to me to generate a mental model or conceptualise it. Just a case of taking the ibuprofen, waiting for it to right itself, and avoiding other people's back stories in the meantime. Is...

It is just me or am I seeing the word "perceived" cropping up more and more in the titles of recent studies? Maybe it's just my perception.

I should probably leave this alone, but ... From AB's second email: VES had referred to AB's first email as expressed "in the strongest possible terms", and called him "extremely angry and upset" in her blog. AB is just saying here (rather badly) that it was no such thing, and that if he...

I agree that the second letter was patronizing and unprofessional, and AB probably shouldn't be allowed near the keyboard if he can't express himself any better than that. VES has already made her views on men in the ME community clear...

From VES's "Debt of Gratitude" blog, referring to AB's first email: AB, after sending his first email to VES, finds himself publicly labelled as "someone who was extremely angry and upset" and who expresses themselves "in the strongest possible terms". He probably felt that that was an unfair...

John Oliver's show about Tucker Carlsen:

Reminds me of the spinal surgery business model.

Agreed, and very relevant for me.

8 years 2-3 years mild/moderate, unrefreshing sleep, constant headaches, stumbled through work and collapsed into bed at every opportunity, no social life or hobbies. 5 years mild, slow but significant improvement, no further improvement in last 2 years, but good quality of life compared to...

Just had a reply from Eric, which begins So there you go. Awareness raised.

Here's Eric singing about the weather in Ohio:

Which hugely rich friends are you talking about exactly? Apart from Chris Martin, who is dedicating his time, I don't know if there are any hugely rich people on that list of performers. I am familiar with a few names on the list from the American blues roots folk scene, which isn't known for...

Wow I know Eric. I must write and say thanks.