The Lancet (UK) editorial: "What's in a name? Systemic exertion intolerance disease"

Roy S

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I've been watching Simon's tweets and waiting for the IOM pushback.
 
So Simon writes a gnomic tweet designed to get people to read the Lancet editorial; which states "Despite critical reception at the time of publication, the results of the PACE trial paved the way for this IOM report."
 
So they actually try to take credit and avoid blame. Amazing.
 

Sean

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Despite critical reception at the time of publication, the results of the PACE trial paved the way for this IOM report.

I guess you could argue that the PACE trial was so abysmal that it prompted the profession in other parts of the world to (finally) start doing something about it.
 
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This all seems to be completely devoid of any intellectual content or even the expression of an interesting opinion. The author does not even seem to be able to make up his mind what he is wanting to say. The more I see of this stuff the less surprised I am that it gets 'negative lobbying'.
Have you considered writing a reply in an article?
 

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When the disease mechanism is known the quacks of the lancet (reviewers of the pace trial) will be known as clowns. In particular, White, Chalder and wessely. These pseudo scientists stems from the days when it was thought that the earth was flat.
 
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Have you considered writing a reply in an article?
I have got involved, with some others, in trying to produce something a bit more intelligent than what is in the Lancet. I am stuck in a 'dough-proving' phase at the moment but hope to focus on baking next week. Producing something more intelligent is in one sense not too hard but in another sense quite challenging, as you can imagine. The hope is to cut a rapier response from the side rather than bludgeon from the front, so to speak. We have some good people on the team so I am hopeful, but it needs some thought.
 

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I have got involved, with some others, in trying to produce something a bit more intelligent than what is in the Lancet. Producing something more intelligent is in one sense not too hard but in another sense quite challenging, as you can imagine. The hope is to cut a rapier response from the side rather than bludgeon from the front, so to speak. .

Go for it @Jonathan Edwards!