David Tuller
Trial By Error: Professor Paul Garner’s BMJ Blog Post on His Powerful Cognitions
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH Professor Paul Garner, an infectious disease doctor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has had a rough time with long-Covid. He has written about his experiences in a series of compelling blog posts on BMJ's site. At first, he bonded with members of the ME/CFS ...
Trial By Error: Professor Lubet’s Inquiry to Medical Center Holding ME/CFS Patient
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH Yesterday, I posted my exchange with a spokeswoman for Hennepin Healthcare about Thane Fredrickson, the ME/CFS patient who is under threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment. Today, Northwestern University law professor Steven Lubet, e-mailed her the following letter. ********** Dear Ms. Hill: I am a law professor ...
Trial By Error: My Exchange with Minnesota Medical Center Holding ME/CFS Patient
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH On Monday afternoon, I had an e-mail exchange with Christine Hill, a spokeswoman for the Hennepin Healthcare in Minnesota. Thane Fredrickson, an ME/CFS patient, is currently under threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment. Because of patient privacy concerns, it was clear the medical center would not be ...
Trial By Error: Game-Changing Articles in The Guardian and The New York Times
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH The relationship between what is being called long-Covid and ME/CFS (and its variants) is complex. The conditions overlap in ways that are poorly understood, and the mechanisms through which they produce such significant disabilities remain elusive. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, many tens ...
Trial By Error: New Study Reports First-Hand Accounts of 1955 Hospital Outbreak
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH The name myalgic encephalomyelitis is inextricably linked with an outbreak of what appeared by all accounts to be a viral illness at London's Royal Free Hospital in the second half of 1955. More than 200 people, most of them female staff and students, fell ill. Some ...