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“I am not anti-vaccine. I am pro-truth, and pro-compassion. I want to see a world where those harmed by both COVID-19 and its countermeasures are acknowledged, studied, and cared for.” #PCVS #LongVax #LongCovid thesicktimes.org/2025/07/25/b...

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

If we could drop the word ‘fatigue’ from being the leading definition of #ME it would make a huge difference to the whole perception of this illness. People don’t die or take their own lives because they are fatigued. The name CFS was a political decision, a very dark decision.

You know, each day it becomes more obvious that Trump and his asshole colleagues are tools and allies of Putin. This used to be called Treason and people used to be jailed or executed for it. Less than two weeks to election day. Have you voted? Have you made contingency plans?

Thank you Beth Dobbin for giving your energy to sharing your story of Olympics to #ME - a powerful reminder ahead of next week’s budget that we are all poorer through losing the contributions of so many #pwME. Time for #DHSC to seriously step up investment in research to bring an end to this tragedy

“Just having a conversation… can impact you afterwards. When I say impact you, you feel like you're dying basically.” Former Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin describing post-exertional malaise the hallmark symptom of #ME.

There are no commissioned services or specialists within the NHS. This means people diagnosed with #ME are forced to self-fund appointments with private ME specialist doctors, of which there are only a handful of in the country, all with incredibly long waiting times.

This is the disease for which I research and advocate: #MECFS. Even mild presentation is life-changing, and this is what severe looks like. People are surprised so many of us were athletes. They want to believe this can only happen to people who were already unwell. www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...

Good article on ME on the BBC today; www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

1) 🧬 We did a new genetic analysis using DecodeME. We leveraged a database on chromatin openness in the human brain. More openness means DNA is accessible and potentially active in various cell types. The graph below shows the results for ME/CFS and various other diseases.

So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."

Burnham announces a new Water Bill which will repeal Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dozens of readers have contacted The Sunday Times with their own experiences of the polypharmacy crisis. A common complaint is that requests for a medication review never happened. Some ended up in hospital, some saw relatives die: www.thetimes.com/article/c7fd...

BREAKING; The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe. Actually, that happened when he scooted off to Monaco to avoid paying tax, tried to force fracking on Britain, and claimed the UK had been ‘colonised by migrants’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"So, what should really worry us all, though, is what this story tells us about inequality in the UK, the gap between the very wealthiest and everyone else, and the scare tactics being used to maintain the status quo." 👏 Thanks to Stephen Kinsella OBE for pushing back on the panic.

“Trust me Bro!”

Join us for 'Neurodivergence, Hypermobility & Long COVID with Dr Jessica Eccles' on Wednesday 16 September, at 6pm! Dr Binita Kane & Dr Jessica Eccles speak about the fascinating connections between Long COVID, neurodivergence, ADHD, autism, joint hypermobility, dysautonomia, POTS, ME/CFS, & more.

In May 2003, writer Simon Wessley opined about “World Trade Center Syndrome”, claiming that traumatized, anxious Manhattanites were experiencing a psychological problem, and not the real physical symptoms they were reporting. Thousands would later die from exposure to toxic chemicals from 9/11.

A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now

Today marks 25 years since 9/11. 8 months after the attack, psychiatrist Simon Wessely argued that illness reported around Ground Zero was being wrongly attributed to environmental toxins, suggesting “World Trade Centre Syndrome” was driven by social and psychological factors.

Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst

Covid emergency department visits (blue) have peaked in US, ~60% lower than summer 2025, which was ~40% lower than summer 2024. Wastewater RNA, positivity, hospitalizations, deaths show similar trend. Covid-19 decreasing year-on-year, and the decrease is accelerating. Unexpected good news! 1/

Netanyahu threw his own citizens under the bus? He allowed the Hamas atrocities, used them to justify what he wanted to do next - the far greater atrocities committed in Palestine - only a truly evil person would do such a thing. www.timesofisrael.com/days-before-...

Gary is just 1 of the 120 @PatrioticMillionairesuk that signed an demanding Burnham tax them more. And, despite what you might see in the press, Gary is part of the majority. 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10million. bit.ly/46vXidv

Are government bond buyers starting to wonder who will pay the taxes to repay them in an AI-dominant future? Plus all the week's best money and investing reads! monevator.com/weekend-read...

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

1) Many patients with orthostatic intolerance do not meet the require heart rate increase of POTS criteria. This new expert consensus paper argues that that this group deserves more recognition, including a separate diagnosis and ICD-code.

1) New blog article: the hormone prolactin rises much higher in ME/CFS patients after taking buspirone than in controls. This is one of the most replicated findings in the field but for years this line of research was abandoned.

“It feels like I’m on an island by myself, on a different planet, because no one seems to understand.” Emily developed #LongCovid aged 9. Now 14, she lives with constant pain and struggles to fit in at school because she uses a walking stick. Clip from Channel 5 News.

CNN Article www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/h... Nobody’s Empire – a Belle & Sebastian song inspired by his experience with ME. youtu.be/Rgb8am3NQU0?...

Dear people with #longcovid and #pwME, I'm looking for strong pro-vaccine sources that also take vaccine injury and post-vaccination disability seriously, especially links between vaccination, Covid and Long Covid. I know the clinical picture. I need good material to point people to. Thank you.

Nigel Farage has won Clacton by-election, which was boycotted by other major Westminster parties 
The contest was triggered when the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP while under investigation for £5m gift he didn't declare Now he’s been re-elected, that parliamentary investigation will resume

Rare Complete Restoration of Intraepidermal Nerve Fibre Density by Immunoglobulins in Post-COVID Vaccination Syndrome-Associated Small Fibre Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review www.cureus.com/articles/512... After IVIG, nerve fibre density & symptoms improved.

(Long) Commentrary🧵: Sydney Towle, who recently turned 26, has died of cholangiocarcinoma. 2 lessons to be learned from online responses to this TikTok influencer: 🔺️The public couldn't be worse at discerning fact from fiction. 🔺️Disabled & chronically ill folks... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...

ME/CFS - with Long Covid - should now be treated by Governments and society as a common and highly debilitating disease. The neglect, scorn and gaslighting must stop.

I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed #MEcfs #CFS #PwLC 1/

As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...