By David Tuller, DrPH I wrote a post last month about the recent wave of Long Covid coverage, some of it excellent (The Atlantic) and some way over the edge in its assertions of psychogenic causation of symptoms (The American Spectator, Spiked). Then there was the seemingly sympathetic New Yorker ...

By David Tuller, DrPH When I launched the Trial By Error project in 2015 with a 15,000-word investigation of the piece of crap known more formally as the PACE trial, I had no idea I was launching anything. I figured it was a one-off. After all, could such a disaster ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting an equivalence between COVID-19 and influenza has been a consistent approach among those seeking to downplay the current situation. So it's not surprising to see something similar happen with comparisons between Long COVID and the delayed recovery some ...

By David Tuller, DrPHOn September 1st, The Atlantic published another excellent piece by Ed Yong, €œLong-haulers are fighting for their future.€ In exploring how this population has confronted widespread misunderstanding in the medical community, the article highlighted the links between the experiences of Long Covid and ME/CFS patients by focusing ...

By David Tuller, DrPH I have been focused lately on the continuing saga of the hijacked-and-still-unpublished ME/CFS clinical guidelines (HSUME/CFSCG) from Britain's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The fate of the HSUME/CFSCG will apparently be addressed at an October so-called “roundtable” meeting of NICE and representatives from ...