Our Rapid Response to Recent BMJ opinion piece on ME/CFS. This rebuttal has now been signed by 115 medical, scientific and lived experience experts from multiple continents. Full co-signatory list in addition to primary authors enclosed in thread. Please share x

Don’t be silent Don’t be weak For Gaza’s future We must speak

More info about the Mirrorbox art project ‘I would be here if I could’ a social art collaboration giving people with #MECFS and #LongCovid a voice Website iwouldbehereificould.com/about/ Instagram instagram.com/iwouldbehereif…

Brilliant piece on BBC Bristol radio about the Mirrorbox project. In it Alison Larkman says that some people couldn't speak and someone's husband read out the message. That was my husband for my message. Lovely to hear Lizzy H reading hers.

Keir Starmer Trashes even swift brick theguardian.com/environment/20…

No one “recovers” from a disability benefits cut. They disappear. From communities. From hope. Sometimes from life. You don’t cut benefits to cut benefits when it’s someone’s lifeline. #TakingThePIP

Do you wear a face mask? (and if you feel comfortable, can you respectfully share why or why not in the replies)

lisey 🧸🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩 Yes, because I value life; mine, and those around me.

What have we done? A whale-watching company in Ireland has closed down permanently because huge trawlers have left nothing but "an empty, lifeless sea". All the dolphins and humpback, minke & fin whales have disappeared, leaving nothing left to watch. Source in 🧵

Why on gods earth would anyone look at what’s happened to the railways, the postal system, our energy, our water….and then conclude that a privatised NHS is definitely better for the common man? It beggars belief…

A father-of-two assumed tingling in his hands was pins and needles. One week later, he was paralysed | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/health/gu…

BBC: 'Installation gives voice to 'invisible' suffering' 'Created by Bristol artist Alison Larkman, Mirrorbox plays messages from ME and long Covid patients explaining...why their condition means they cannot be there themselves.' bbc.com/news/articles/…

The #mirrorbox starts its UK tour tomorrow, taking the voices of people who cannot be there, to their chosen location. #iwouldbehereificould