Trial By Error: More on that New York Magazine Piece Pushing Psychogenic View of ME/CFS and Long Covid
By David Tuller, DrPH So getting back to that long, ill-informed and poorly reported New York Magazine article on the purportedly psychogenic nature of both long Covid and ME/CFS…I responded in a twitter thread to the article’s misrepresentations of my criticisms about the PACE trial. The journalist, a science writer named Jeff Wise, didn’t interview […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 13, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized feff wise new york magazine PEM tufecki Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: More on that New York Magazine Piece Pushing Psychogenic View of ME/CFS and Long Covid
By David Tuller, DrPH So getting back to that long, ill-informed and poorly reported New York Magazine article on the purportedly psychogenic nature of both long Covid and ME/CFS…I responded in a twitter thread to the article’s misrepresentations of my criticisms about the PACE trial. The journalist, a science writer named Jeff Wise, didn’t interview … Trial By Error: More on that New York Magazine Piece Pushing Psychogenic View of ME/CFS and Long Covid Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 13, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS feff wise new york magazine PEM tufecki Source Type: blogs

TWiV 953: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses high demand for Amoxicillin causing shortages amid child RSV surge, epidemiologic and clinical features of children and adolescents aged <18 years with monkeypox, low risk of SARS-Cov-2 transmission by fomites, nucleocapsid antigenemia is a marker of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, impact of community masking on COVID-19,  protection against Omicron from vaccination and […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 12, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs

TWiV 953: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses high demand for Amoxicillin causing shortages amid child RSV surge, epidemiologic and clinical features of children and adolescents aged <18 years with monkeypox, low risk of SARS-Cov-2 transmission by fomites, nucleocapsid antigenemia is a marker of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, impact of community masking on COVID-19,  protection against Omicron from vaccination and … TWiV 953: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 12, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Recent News Articles Highlight Post-Exertional Malaise
By David Tuller, DrPH A few prominent news articles have recently drawn welcome attention to the links and overlaps between ME/CFS and long Covid. One key overlap is the core ME/CFS symptom generally known as “post-exertional malaise” (PEM). This term is so embedded in conversations in the ME and ME/CFS worlds that it is easy […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 11, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized PEM PESE tufecki Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Recent News Articles Highlight Post-Exertional Malaise
By David Tuller, DrPH A few prominent news articles have recently drawn welcome attention to the links and overlaps between ME/CFS and long Covid. One key overlap is the core ME/CFS symptom generally known as “post-exertional malaise” (PEM). This term is so embedded in conversations in the ME and ME/CFS worlds that it is easy … Trial By Error: Recent News Articles Highlight Post-Exertional Malaise Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 11, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS PEM PESE tufecki Source Type: blogs

Jake Scott put the ID in COVID-19
Infectious Disease physician Jake Scott joins TWiV to provide a west coast clinical perspective on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the impact of vaccines, antivirals, variants of concern and mortality. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,  and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jake Scott Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 952 (63 MB .mp3, 104 […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 6, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic Paxlovid SARS-CoV-2 viral viruses Source Type: blogs

Jake Scott put the ID in COVID-19
Infectious Disease physician Jake Scott joins TWiV to provide a west coast clinical perspective on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the impact of vaccines, antivirals, variants of concern and mortality. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,  and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jake Scott Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 952 (63 MB .mp3, 104 … Jake Scott put the ID in COVID-19 Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 6, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic Paxlovid SARS-CoV-2 viral viruses Source Type: blogs

TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness during the southern hemisphere influenza season in Chile, Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV infection in healthy late-preterm and term infants, severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients, reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, impact of community masking on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern Source Type: blogs

TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Influenza incidence and vaccine effectiveness during the southern hemisphere influenza season in Chile, Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV infection in healthy late-preterm and term infants, severe Monkeypox in hospitalized patients, reinfections with different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, impact of community masking on COVID-19 in Bangladesh, unadjuvanted intranasal spike vaccine elicits protective … TWiV 951: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid marburg virus monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern Source Type: blogs

Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein May Not Be Reliable Markers for Infection in Vaccinated People
by Gertrud U. Rey You are fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and have presumably never been infected with the virus. But how can you know for sure? One way to find out is by testing your blood for the presence of antibodies against the viral nucleocapsid protein, which can only be encountered during natural infection. This […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 3, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey antibodies immunity natural infection nucleocapsid nucleocapsid protein SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein sterilizing immunity vaccine-induced antibodies Source Type: blogs

Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein May Not Be Reliable Markers for Infection in Vaccinated People
by Gertrud U. Rey You are fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and have presumably never been infected with the virus. But how can you know for sure? One way to find out is by testing your blood for the presence of antibodies against the viral nucleocapsid protein, which can only be encountered during natural infection. This … Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein May Not Be Reliable Markers for Infection in Vaccinated People Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 3, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey antibodies immunity natural infection nucleocapsid nucleocapsid protein SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein sterilizing immunity vaccine-induced antibodies Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Norwegian CBT/GET Ideologues Take Aim at Critics Who Reject Their Views
By David Tuller, DrPH Three Norwegian researchers recently published an attack on critics of cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy as treatments for ME. The article, called “Facts and Myths about ME,” was published by the news organization Aftenposten. The authors, from the Scandinavian arm of the CBT/GET ideological brigades, asserted that “the cause […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 1, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized norway Steinkopf wyller Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Norwegian CBT/GET Ideologues Take Aim at Critics Who Reject Their Views
By David Tuller, DrPH [*See correction in third paragraph] Three Norwegian researchers recently published an attack on critics of cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy as treatments for ME. The article, called “Facts and Myths about ME,” was published by the news organization Aftenposten. The authors, from the Scandinavian arm of the CBT/GET ideological … Trial By Error: Norwegian CBT/GET Ideologues Take Aim at Critics Who Reject Their Views Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 1, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS norway Steinkopf wyller Source Type: blogs