SBS Australia documentary on ME

Thanks for that, Andy. I couldn’t get that work.
The forum software, while dealing with most things really well, doesn't work that well with Facebook videos - putting the URL in a code 'box' and asking people to copy and paste it is about the best way of doing it so far.
 
Best video i've ever seen about ME. First time i've seen my own experience represented so accurately (the lady with the glasses could have been me, so much so that i cried).


And oh my goodness @dave30th i just started crying again when i saw you tearing up. Sendin love across the miles to one of the true heroes of our community. Also
At the same time both a honest appraisal of how much his work means to so many of us but also a heavy burden to take onto yourself. Never forget David you have saved lives - any responsibility for any deaths needs to go to those who have historically acted against our best interests, not you.
This. I felt so sad for you to bear this burden. I very much hope you'll keep fighting for us, but if you do need or want to move on to other areas, you will do so having made a huge contribution & should not feel in any way guilty. The indirect responsibility for deaths belongs to many, none of them you, whether you hang around or not.
 
I haven't watched "The Feed" program yet since I was in Hobart last night meeting and listening to David Tuller's presentation. Hopefully I have a recording of The Feed to watch later today.

I just skimmed through the link mentioned here:
However, RACGP continues to recommend GET (and draws on the PACE trial manual) on its website, and refuses to engage with the ME/CFS community to have this revised (though we continue to try to engage).
https://www.racgp.org.au/your-pract...xercise-therapy-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/
and one thing stood out
Grading
NHMRC Level 1 evidence.
I think this is the at the heart of having this and other bad recommendations overturned. It looks like the NHMRC Evidence levels are based on something much like Cochrane. In the NHMRC scheme there seems to be a ticky box "Body of evidence matrix" which lots of components, the first being "Evidence Base" where one can tick Excellent, Good, Satisfactory or Poor based on the level of the study and the risk of bias. I suspect that GET supporting studies have been mis-characterised on risk of bias both in this RACGP recommendation and in the Cochrane reviews. Maybe this is the point on which they should be challenged.
 
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