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David Tuller

@davetuller1.bsky.social

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Senior Fellow in Public Health and Journalism, Center for Global Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. I blog at Virology Blog (virology.ws). My academic position is largely funded by donations from patients. davetuller@berkeley.edu

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David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 20h

This interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social has had almost 5,000 views since I posted it yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...

Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS

YouTube video by David M Tuller

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's my interview with Guardian columnist @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about his recent column on the awful treatment of people with ME/CFS: virology.ws/2026/10/01/t...

Trial By Error: Interview with George Monbiot on Recent Guardian Column | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH As I mentioned last week, George Monbiot, the British investigative journalist and longtime contributor to The Guardian, published a c ...

Reposted by David Tuller

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bateman Horne Center: Underlying Biological Abnormalities in Long COVID & ME/CFS - Sept 2026 Ft. Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Dr. Lily Chu, and Dr. Cindy Bateman www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu5T...

Underlying Biological Abnormalities in Long COVID & ME/CFS - Sept 2026

YouTube video by Bateman Horne Center

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another blistering Guardian column about ME/CFS from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: virology.ws/2026/09/26/t...

Trial By Error: Blistering New Monbiot Column on ME/CFS Mistreatment, Neglect | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH George Monbiot, the British investigative journalist and longtime contributor to The Guardian, has written a corker of a column about ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Journal of Psychsomatic Research has recently published a first-person narrative of "cure" from the Lightning Process as if it were bonafide scientific "research" that somehow proved that the LP was effective. virology.ws/2026/09/25/t...

Trial By Error: Journal of Psychosomatic Research Publishes First-Person Account of "Cure" with the Lightning Process | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH The Journal of Psychosomatic Research (JPR), an official publication of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM), has ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A study of The Switch, New Zealand's version of the Lightning Process, has generated some meaningless results--yet the paper suggests the findings are so robust that it "could be argued" that no RCT is needed to recommend the intervention. Hm. virology.ws/2026/09/09/t...

Trial By Error: A Study of The Switch, New Zealand's Homegrown Version of the Lightning Process, Yields Meaningless Findings | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH The Switch is a New Zealand variant of the Lighting Process, the so-called “mind-body” intervention created by a Phil Parker, a Britis ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social received a Dutch royal distinction last week! Congrats, dear Anil!! Very well-deserved. I was asked to write a letter in support of the honor and was so pleased to do it. I've posted the letter here: virology.ws/2026/09/02/t...

Trial By Error: Patient Advocate Anil van der Zee Receives Dutch Royal Distinction | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPHLast month, I was delighted to hear that my friend Anil van der Zee, who has been bed bound with ME/CFS for years, had been selected to ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

And now here's a trial of the Lightning Process for Long Covid from Canada's McMaster University. This stuff never ends... virology.ws/2026/08/22/t...

Trial By Error: Canada's McMaster University Launches Trial of Lightning Process for Long Covid | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, has launched a clinical trial of the Lightning Process (LP), a well-known “mind-body” interv ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Many multidisciplinary/rehabilitation studies for ME/CFS, Long Covid, etc. pretend to have meaningful positive results. Here's one that clearly states the intervention didn't work: virology.ws/2026/07/23/t...

Trial By Error: No Benefits for Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in New ME/CFS Study | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH It is refreshing to read a study about a rehabilitative intervention for ME/CFS or Long Covid or so-called “medically unexplained symp ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

How many times can these people do the same trial and get the same pathetic results? virology.ws/2026/07/18/t...

Trial By Error: Yet Another CBT Trial for Long Covid with Poor Results | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH The Journal of Psychosomatic Research has often served as a house organ of sorts for the “biopsychosocial” ideological brigades. That’ ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Can cognitive rehabilitation "reverse" cognitive symptoms associated with Long Covid? Yes, according to The Mirror. But that's not what a new study found. virology.ws/2026/07/11/t...

Trial By Error: Can "Cognitive Rehabilitation" for Long Covid "Reverse" Brain Fog? | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Cognitive dysfunction, also known as “brain fog,” is among the most disabling aspects of Long Covid—and investigators have struggled t ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

People continue to protest the Wired article on mind-body interventions for Long Covid, including calls for retraction: virology.ws/2026/06/29/t...

Trial By Error: Furor Over Wired's "Mind-Body" Article Continues | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH The furor over the Wired epic about mind-body treatments for Long Covid simmers on. "The Truth About Long Covid," published ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My first post about that Wired piece: virology.ws/2026/06/09/t...

Trial By Error: The Truth According to Wired (and Alan Levinovitz) | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Much has already been written about Alan Levinovitz’ 7,600-word love poem to the potential healing powers of so-called “mind-body” int ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

An interview with Professor Chris Ponting, a geneticist at the University of Edinburgh, about the recently announced follow-up to DecodeME called Sequence ME & Long Covid. virology.ws/2026/05/31/t...

Trial By Error: Interview with Chris Ponting about "Sequence ME & Long Covid" | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Last year’s release of the results from the DecodeME, a UK-based genome wide association study of more than 15,000 DNA samples, genera ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

After I asked for a correction for a paper's categorical statement about what is "generating" functional neurological symptoms, a therapist specializing in FND demanded I apologize to the authors. However, the authors immediately said they will revise the problematic sentence. 1/

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last year, I posted a blog about a major treatment trial for functional motor disorder. Three people posted critical comments that, unknown to me, were blocked by the algorithm. I have now approved them and am reposting this blog so people can read them: virology.ws/2025/04/21/t...

Trial By Error: Null Results in Physiotherapy Trial for Functional Motor Disorder | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *May 28, 2026: After I posted this blog last year, two FND patients and a physical therapist specializing in FND posted critical comme ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I wrote a letter to a journal asking for a correction to a categorical statement about functional neurological symptoms. An FND expert demanded I apologize to the journal and the authors. I responded. Here's our exchange. virology.ws/2026/05/27/t...

Trial By Error: My Exchange with an FND Physical Therapy Specialist | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH When I write about functional neurological disorder (FND) or functional neurological symptoms, I sometimes get feedback from Zachary G ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A recent paper made a categorical assertion about the cause of functional neurological symptoms. This definitive statement is unwarranted, given the state of the evidence. I have written to the journal asking for the sentence to be corrected: virology.ws/2026/05/25/t...

Trial By Error: My Request for Correction of Causal Claim for Functional Neurological Symptoms | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH This morning I sent the following letter to CNS Spectrums, a neuroscience journal published by Cambridge University Press. Subject lin ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

After years of declaring categorically that functional neurological disorder was solely a brain "software" problem with nothing else wrong, FND experts now acknowledge that the "software"-only hypothesis is out the window: virology.ws/2026/05/20/t...

Trial By Error: So FND Is Not Only a Brain

By David Tuller, DrPH For decades, experts in functional neurological disorder (FND) have categorically asserted that the condition is strictly a

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thanks, @jenniejacques1.bsky.social!!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This has been a challenging crowdfunding for Berkeley's Trial by Error project on ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc, but it seems like things are catching up in the final days. Now at 80% of the goal! Thanks to all!!! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

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Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Thanks!!! The campaign has now reached 72% of the goal. For those who'd like to support the project, here's the link: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A few news items--"frail & furious" is this year's #MillionsMissing slogan; psych confab hosts usual suspects on Long COVID; LC Activists channel ACT UP!!: virology.ws/2026/05/04/t...

Trial By Error: News Bits--"Frail & Furious" for #Millions Missing; Usual Suspects at Psych Confab; Long COVID Advocates Channel ACT UP | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, the link is here. ********** "Frail and Furi ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I am very touched that Berkeley's crowdfunder for Trial By Error has now received more than 500 donations. If you'd like to support my work exposing bogus research into ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc, here's how: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A recently published paper reported that incidence of ME/CFS peaks in adolescence and in early middle-age. I spoke with senior author Audrey Ryback, an immunologist at the U of Edinburgh, about the findings and what they might mean. www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0v...

Interview with University of Edinburgh immunologist Audrey Ryback

YouTube video by David M Tuller

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

For ten years, I've been pushing back against problematic research suggesting that ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID and related illnesses are psyhosomatic, "functional," etc. I'm continuing the project through December. If you'd like to help out: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Berkeley's crowdfunder for Trial By Error has received 350 donations!! Thanks to all who have supported my work over the years. Here's the link for the current effort: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Berkeley's spring crowdfunder for Trial By Error has reached 50% of the goal, with 9 days left to go!!! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/4972...

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

eClinicalMedicine, a Lancet journal, has now also published the authors' response. They agree that they were "overly assertive" in promoting exercise--but did not correct the language in their revisions. virology.ws/2026/04/26/t...

Trial By Error: Claims on Exercise for Long COVID Were "Overly Assertive," Agree Meta-Analysis Authors | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, the link is here. I posted two days ago that a Lancet ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

With 10 days left, closing in on 300 donations. I think I've provided a good return on investment over the years. I'm looking to do that for another six months: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME and ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. Your gift will make a difference!

Reposted by David Tuller

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Now at nearly 50% with 10 days to go! #MEcfs

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A Lancet journal, eClinicalMedicine, published a flawed. meta-analysis that promoted exercise interventions for Long COVID. The journal has published my letter rebutting this claim. virology.ws/2026/04/23/t...

Trial By Error: Lancet Journal Publishes My Letter Challenging Claims on Exercise and Long COVID | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, the link is here. Last year, eClinicalMedicine, a ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

BBC highlights criticism of claims from neurologist that Long COVID is psychosomatic; and debate over "functional somatic disorder" in Frontiers in Medicine virology.ws/2026/04/21/t...

Trial By Error: Pushback Against Psychologizing on BBC and in Medical Journal | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, the link is here. ********** BBC Radio 4 highligh ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Well, it's now up to 27% of the goal, with 186 donations. So, it's moving along a bit. Thanks to all!!--https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Berkeley's final crowdfunder for Trial By Error has almost reached 150 donations and 25% of the goal!!! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

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Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

About to reach 20% of the goal: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

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Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

When "biopsychosocial" researchers say people with ME/CFS and "persistent physical symptoms" etc "recover" from their interventions, it seems like something of a bait-and-switch: virology.ws/2026/04/08/t...

Trial By Error: Are Claims of "Recovery" from Psycho-Behavioral Interventions a Form of Bait-and-Switch ? | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you'd like to support my work, the link is here. In a medical context, what does ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Well, Berkeley's latest crowdfunding campaign for my Trial By Error has now launched: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/49720

crowdfund.berkeley.edu

Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026

Help UC Berkeley raise $75,000 for the project: Trial By Error: Final (Berkeley) Chapter 2026. Your gift will make a difference!

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Now Trudie Chalder says "recovery from CFS" through CBT doesn't mean absence of symptoms and getting back to regular life but is more about accepting and coming to terms with chronic illness. Huh??? Isn't that acknowledging that CBT doesn't really produce "recovery"? virology.ws/2026/04/03/t...

Trial By Error: Professor Chalder Downgrades Definition of "Recovery" | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH President Trump’s words and actions are routinely mind-boggling but never surprising, given past experience. The same is true of paper ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The biopsychosocial ideological brigades don't seem to understand that continuing to cite fraudulent research like PACE, as they do in a new paper in a Scandianvian primary care journal, makes it hard to take anything they write seriously. virology.ws/2026/04/01/t...

Trial By Error: Claims Built on Fraudulent Trials Should Be Ignored | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH When researchers cite fraudulent studies in support of their claims, it is best not to take anything they write at face value. That is ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Always helpful summaries from @mecfsscience.org

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Why does the University of Bristol website still list Professor Crawley, the ethically and methodologically challenged pediatrician and former grant magnet, as an active participant in a training program? Has she retired, or hasn't she? virology.ws/2026/03/21/t...

Trial By Error: Is Professor Crawley Retired from Bristol, or Isn't She? | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Professor Esther Crawley, the methodically and ethically challenged pediatrician and former grant queen at the University of Bristol, ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Norwegian disability case reveals flaws of the draft guideline for "long-term fatigue--including ME/CFS." The government claims optimism and belief in recovery lead to recovery. Huh?? virology.ws/2026/03/13/t...

Trial By Error: Norway Disability Case Exposes Flaws in Draft Guideline for "Long-Term Fatigue--including ME/CFS" | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH A recent disability case in Norway provides a good example of why the draft of new guideline for “long-term fatigue—including ME/CFS” ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Why is the methodologically and ethically challenged Esther Crawley still listed as a member of COFFI's steering committee? Given her retirement, why hasn't COFFI bothered to update its site? Can an organization so lax on detail even be taken seriously? virology.ws/2026/03/12/t...

Trial By Error: Why is Professor Crawley Still on the COFFI Steering Committee? | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Several years ago, the leaders of the biopsychosocial ideological brigades decided to create the Collaborative On Fatigue and related ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

What's up with the GPs in Australia? They keep promoting GET as if the PACE trial were actually not a fraudulent, discredited piece of crap! virology.ws/2026/03/09/t...

Trial By Error: Aussie GPs Still Push Graded Exercise Therapy | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH When I was in Australia for the first time in 2018, it was clear that the country’s general practitioners were fervent supporters of t ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS issued a "therapy guide" last year. Very unsatisfactory. Professor Jonathan Edwards and colleagues have responded in an open letter. I spoke with Professor Edwards about it. virology.ws/2026/02/20/t...

Trial By Error: Interview with Jonathan Edwards about "Therapy Guide" from British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH The British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS, known as BACME, defines itself as “a multidisciplinary organisation providing informa ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The book Invisible Illness has caused a bit of a stir among many patients. Here are some further thoughts on the controversy. virology.ws/2026/02/16/t...

Trial By Error: More on the Controversy over Invisible Illness | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH Emily Mendenhall’s new book, Invisible Illness: A History from Hysteria to Long COVID, has caused a bit of an uproar in some circles. ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A few things I've read recently: Maryland supports Long Covid research, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social on CBT in the Netherlands, and thoughts on hope and chronic illness: virology.ws/2026/02/11/t...

Trial By Error: Some Things I've Read Recently...Maryland Boosts LC Research, van der Zee on CBT, Thoughts on Hope and Chronic Illness | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH My rib injury sidelined me for a month. Now that I'm mostly better, I’ve been trying to get back up to speed and catch up with lo ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Here's my take on some of the debate over Invisible Illness, the new medical anthropology book that has triggered debates and controversy. This post examines the back and forth over the chapter that includes PACE and the history of the creation of the CFS construct. virology.ws/2026/02/01/t...

Trial By Error: New Medical Anthropology Book on Chronic Illness Triggers Controversy | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH While I was on medical leave for the last few weeks, the fascist regime's brownshirts executed two people protesting the military ...

David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I've taken three weeks of medical leave because of bruised ribs sustained in a fall on the pavement. I'm slowly trying to get back to work and catch up. Here's an insightful and moving piece someone sent me about living with severe ME. virology.ws/2026/01/27/t...

Trial By Error: An Essay on Living with Severe ME | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH I’ve been totally out of commission for three weeks while recovering from bruised ribs sustained in a fall. I have devoted most of my ...