Roy S
former DC ME/CFS lobbyist
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That sounds like a heartwarming experience. I wonder how he would classify a fellow psychiatrist with this curse of the disease.
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Should we set up a PR poll?
Would you rather have a retrovirus - or - be treated for ME BY A PSYCHIATRIST!
Interesting response of Prof Hooper's on the the thread "Wessely Words Revisted" posted by dasiymay on the Today programme.
A completely irrelevant, pointless and not-so-interesting little twist on the story, in the Sunday Express:
BBC TURNS THE AIR BLUE AT 8.10AM
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/262205
It's a full front page splash in the Sunday Express, but they completely fail to discuss ME.
Personally, I'd rather that we focus the media's attention on the harm that Wessely and his colleagues are doing to the ME community, than to pander to Wessely's hostile media campaign.
Wessely is a creep, he has caused so much suffering, he has benefited hugely from others misfortune. Why help him?
There are two problems with whats being asserted in these quotes. The first problem is that the accusations against Wesseley are not sustainable in terms that anyone outside of an M.E/CFS affected perspective will take as being valid, and the more that such accusations are vocalised the more fanatical the accusers appear, further questioning the validity of their position. The second problem is that it is impossible to mount a campaign against Wesseley without confirming the now established proposition of unjustified attack in effect the battle is lost even before it could be begun. In a such a circumstance the only sensible thing to do is withdraw and embark upon a different strategy. In this case there is the very obvious opportunity presented by the costs of PACE stop attacking individuals and focus on a good old fashioned UK media obsession (not sex or house prices but still a goody) Government expenditure - 5 million for what ?
IVI
Shoot the medical messenger see if thatll cure you, Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times, 31 July 2011: http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=7373
And some of you might have thought the worst was over...