It is worth returning to David's blogs to read his responses to the many attacks by Mark Paine (who is he?).
Here is one of DT's responses to his harasser:
davetuller Mark Paine •
15 hours ago
I'm sorry, Mark, but you are 100 % wrong. As one of the posters said, read paragraph 1.2.1.2 of the NICE guidance. PEM, delayed by 24 hours, is very clearly part of the definition of fatigue.
I have a doctorate in public health from Berkeley, so I am a social scientist as well as a journalist--I am not a biological scientist. Moreover, I was not "fired" from my job at Berkeley. Many academics at the University of California--those not in tenured positions--are on outside funding (i.e. not from the state) or a mix of outside and state funding. When that money is scarce, as it is these days, positions are not funded and people need to figure out somewhere to pump money into the system.
The School of Public Health backs my efforts on ME/CFS and was very happy to invite me to crowdfund into Berkeley so they could continue to employ me--when I came up with the funding, they were extremely happy not to lose me. I have offered Professor Crawley multiple opportunities to explain her objections to my work and point out what is wrong--there is no libel or defamation unless things are inaccurate. I offered to post her full statement on Virology Blog. She has refused to take me up on this offer. I have not "harassed" her or "abused" her, no matter what she feels about my writing. I have vigorously argued that her research is seriously flawed--as it very clearly is. She has responded by accusing me of libel rather than actually debating the specific points I have raised. My tone is completely beside the point. I have expressed myself aggressively because patients have expressed themselves politely for years and gotten no traction at all. If you, Mark, point out legitimate inaccuracies in my work, I am happy to correct them.
The fact is, EVERYONE except you recognizes that PEM is a required symptom in the NICE guidance. After my "libelous" blog post, in fact, Professor Crawley amended her protocol for FITNET to make it clear that PEM is a required symptom--as it is in the NICE guidance itself. She did not give me credit for pointing out that this was NOT the case in her initial proposal. I suggest you check your facts before you accuse me of harassment and abuse