Invisible Illness A History, from Hysteria to Long Covid, 2026, Mendenhall (book)

[dave30th]

Have you ever felt the need to make changes in a text because of those threats?

No. But to be clear, I have not had direct threats like that.

 

[dave30th]

I'm puzzled by the author's repeated use of PACE trials'

I took that to mean the "PACE trial papers" but I also noticed it.

 

[dave30th]

I wonder whether an FOI to Wessely's university would enable someone to access his 17 page 'review'.

I would love to get my hands on that of course. if it's anything like the "response" to my initial trial by error series from the PACE team, which was published and then rebutted on Virology Blog, it would be a complete nonsense and easy to point that out.

 

[MrMagoo]

Wow, I googled it and found one news article saying that cost in UK might be 100 times higher than elsewhere in Europe. Please excuse my ignorance then!

Although that means that it would be equally expensive for Wessely, and I can’t find any mention of him actually going through with one.

It’s crazy here, right?
As I say it’s the threat which is enough that you wouldn't chance it. Your legal team would not advise you to “fight” entirely on the basis of cost, not on the basis of your chances of winning. In many cases, your legal insurance wouldn’t support it very far, they’d probably settle (or ditch you if you wouldn’t settle).
UK Defamation is really a “wallet waving” exercise. That’s also why you hear a lot of cases between newspapers and royals/big stars (only they have deep enough pockets).