David Tuller
@davetuller1.bsky.social
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
Someone asked me yesterday if they could still donate to the crowdfunder even though it technically ended Friday night and they missed the deadline. Yes! Berkeley has left the link open until midnight tonight, California time, for just this reason.
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
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November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Someone asked me yesterday if they could still donate to the crowdfunder even though it technically ended Friday night and they missed the deadline. Yes! Berkeley has left the link open until midnight tonight, California time, for just this reason.
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
Yes, it's excellent! I've just seen it. Thanks to @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social for applying his usual care in highlighting @bmhughes.bsky.social's key points!!!
This is a very deft thread. A concise precis of our conversation on conservatism, capitalism, and disability
Thank you @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social
#MECFS #LongCovid @davetuller1.bsky.social
Thank you @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social
#MECFS #LongCovid @davetuller1.bsky.social
1) Interesting interview of Prof. Brian Hughes by David Tuller.
In his new book Hughes argues that psychology is not woke but that its methods are essentially conservative because it focuses on an individualistic view and ignores social context.
In his new book Hughes argues that psychology is not woke but that its methods are essentially conservative because it focuses on an individualistic view and ignores social context.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yes, it's excellent! I've just seen it. Thanks to @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social for applying his usual care in highlighting @bmhughes.bsky.social's key points!!!
Berkeley's crowdfunding campaign for Trial By Error, which investigates problematic psycho-behavioral research involving ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc., has reached 98% of the goal, with one day remaining:
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Berkeley's crowdfunding campaign for Trial By Error, which investigates problematic psycho-behavioral research involving ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc., has reached 98% of the goal, with one day remaining:
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
Thanks for flagging it @drfionac.bsky.social. For those interested, Berkeley's crowdfunding campaign for Trial By Error has reached 98% of the goal, with 500+ donations and one day remaining. crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thanks for flagging it @drfionac.bsky.social. For those interested, Berkeley's crowdfunding campaign for Trial By Error has reached 98% of the goal, with 500+ donations and one day remaining. crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
With several days left to go, the current Berkeley crowdfunder for Trial By Error has received 400 donations! The support is greatly appreciated!!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
With several days left to go, the current Berkeley crowdfunder for Trial By Error has received 400 donations! The support is greatly appreciated!!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
For the first time, Berkeley's Trial By Error crowdfunding campaign has reached 50% of the goal right at the 15-day half-way point. Most times, it's at about a third at this point. If you'd like to donate, here's the link:
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For the first time, Berkeley's Trial By Error crowdfunding campaign has reached 50% of the goal right at the 15-day half-way point. Most times, it's at about a third at this point. If you'd like to donate, here's the link:
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
For several years, I have spent my time busting terrible and even fraudulent research into ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. If this crowdfunding works out, I will do one more in the spring and then retire from Berkeley. If you'd like to support my work, here's how: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For several years, I have spent my time busting terrible and even fraudulent research into ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. If this crowdfunding works out, I will do one more in the spring and then retire from Berkeley. If you'd like to support my work, here's how: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
Dutch Paper on Medical Abuse of Kids Ignores NICE Guidance on ME/CFS-Related Safeguarding Issues
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Trial By Error: Dutch Paper on Medical Abuse of Kids Ignores NICE Guidance on ME/CFS-Related Safeguarding Issues | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH This is a crowdfunding month for UC Berkekely and Trial By Error. If you’d like to support my work, here’s the link: https://crowdfund ...
virology.ws
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dutch Paper on Medical Abuse of Kids Ignores NICE Guidance on ME/CFS-Related Safeguarding Issues
virology.ws/2025/10/20/t...
virology.ws/2025/10/20/t...
Berkeley's crowdfunder has reached 32% of the goal, with 199 donations so far. Who will make the 200th donation?
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Berkeley's crowdfunder has reached 32% of the goal, with 199 donations so far. Who will make the 200th donation?
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
An interview with University of Edinburgh's Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social about the PRIME project to increase ME/CFS research infrastructure;
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Trial By Error: Interview with Professor Chris Ponting on Building ME/CFS Research Infructure with PRIME | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH This is a crowdfunding month for UC Berkekely and Trial By Error. If you'd like to support my work, here's the link: https:/ ...
virology.ws
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An interview with University of Edinburgh's Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social about the PRIME project to increase ME/CFS research infrastructure;
virology.ws/2025/10/13/t...
virology.ws/2025/10/13/t...
Berkeley's crowdfunder has reached 5% of the goal after its first day, with 49 donors! This pace won't keep up, but it's a decent start. Thanks to all past, current and future supporters!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Berkeley's crowdfunder has reached 5% of the goal after its first day, with 49 donors! This pace won't keep up, but it's a decent start. Thanks to all past, current and future supporters!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
Berkeley's fall crowdfunder for Trial By Error is now up!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025
Help UC Berkeley raise $68,000 for the project: David Tuller's Trial by Error Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu
October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Berkeley's fall crowdfunder for Trial By Error is now up!
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768
I spoke last week with Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki about her work on Long COVID. This interview has more than 1.3K views so far:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTa...
Interview with Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I spoke last week with Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki about her work on Long COVID. This interview has more than 1.3K views so far:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJTa...
Thanks to Yale's Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social, a leading immunologist and Long COVID investigator, for talking with me yesterday about the recent Keystone Symposium, the
debate over viral persistence, and more. Here's our interview:
virology.ws/2025/09/26/t...
debate over viral persistence, and more. Here's our interview:
virology.ws/2025/09/26/t...
Trial By Error: Yale's Akiko Iwasaki on the Keystone Symposium, the Debate on Viral Persistence, and Related Issues | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at the Yale School of Medicine, is a leading investigator into long Covid. She was el ...
virology.ws
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thanks to Yale's Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social, a leading immunologist and Long COVID investigator, for talking with me yesterday about the recent Keystone Symposium, the
debate over viral persistence, and more. Here's our interview:
virology.ws/2025/09/26/t...
debate over viral persistence, and more. Here's our interview:
virology.ws/2025/09/26/t...
This piece for @thesicktimes.org about people with Long COVID receiving diagnoses of funcitonal neurological disorder...
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thesicktimes.org/2025/09/26/l...
Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you. - The Sick Times
Some people with Long COVID are receiving potentially unhelpful diagnoses of functional neurological disorder (FND), a condition in which people experience neurological symptoms that cannot be attribu...
thesicktimes.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This piece for @thesicktimes.org about people with Long COVID receiving diagnoses of funcitonal neurological disorder...
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/26/l...
thesicktimes.org/2025/09/26/l...
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On Thursday there will be a preliminary injunction against the hospital. Pls help by reading & sharing this 🙏 #SaveSanne
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @swastrosarah.bsky.social @nelehelena.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @swastrosarah.bsky.social @nelehelena.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social
We also made English posts for the Global Chronicle about the horrible situation Sanne from The Netherlands is in. She's being denied total parenteral nutrition (TPN) by the hospital & her weight is dropping rapidly.
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Is Sanne going to be the Dutch Maeve Boothby-O’Neill?
ME patient Sanne (38) denied life-saving treatment ⚖️ Lawyers are taking action this week. Your help is also needed! 38-year-old Sanne van Enckevort from Hegelsom (Limburg, The Netherlands) is seri…
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September 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
On Thursday there will be a preliminary injunction against the hospital. Pls help by reading & sharing this 🙏 #SaveSanne
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @swastrosarah.bsky.social @nelehelena.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @swastrosarah.bsky.social @nelehelena.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @anilvanderzee.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social @janetdafoe.bsky.social
Dr Ian Lipkin: "There's no question that threshold for triggering inflammation with ME/CFS is lower than the threshold in people who are healthy. So anything can set this off."
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Interview with Ian Lipkin
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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September 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dr Ian Lipkin: "There's no question that threshold for triggering inflammation with ME/CFS is lower than the threshold in people who are healthy. So anything can set this off."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ih...
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Nowhere near discharge yet but having such a large meeting recognise the limited NHS resources available to clinicians & patients was a better starting point than yet a-n-other re-run of an argument lost in 2021, with PFD report and responses from 6 national bodies as evidence of the risks being run
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nowhere near discharge yet but having such a large meeting recognise the limited NHS resources available to clinicians & patients was a better starting point than yet a-n-other re-run of an argument lost in 2021, with PFD report and responses from 6 national bodies as evidence of the risks being run
Reposted by David Tuller
#Savannah #vsME update. A good MDT which ran over to twice the length of time allocated. Dr Weir and I were both invited, spoke at length and were heard. The absence of NHS ME specialists _anywhere_ in the UK is the biggest probem for every ICB, including Lewisham and Greenwich.
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
When an Australian ME/CFS study of an exercise intervention failed to find enough participants, the investigators decided to blame patient advicates instead of questioning their assumptions:
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Trial By Error: Australian Investigators Blame ME/CFS Patient Advocates for Poor Recruitment in "Active Video Gaming" Trial | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH In a new paper, a team of investigators from the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, describes a “pilot feasibility” ...
virology.ws
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
When an Australian ME/CFS study of an exercise intervention failed to find enough participants, the investigators decided to blame patient advicates instead of questioning their assumptions:
virology.ws/2025/09/08/t...
virology.ws/2025/09/08/t...
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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
September 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
A Belgian with ME/CFS sent me the following satirical "field guide to conducting biopsychsocial research in CFS/ME":
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virology.ws/2025/09/02/t...
Trial By Error: A (Satirical) Field Guide to Conducting Biopsychosocial Research in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH A reader from Belgium sent me the following (satirical) paper she'd written for the "Journal of Entrenched Paradigms." ...
virology.ws
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A Belgian with ME/CFS sent me the following satirical "field guide to conducting biopsychsocial research in CFS/ME":
virology.ws/2025/09/02/t...
virology.ws/2025/09/02/t...
Here's a post highlighting recent blogs worth reading from
@julierehmeyer.bsky.social on Beth Mazur's death, @whitneydafoe.bsky.social on "real life," and @drelke.bsky.social on society's exercise obsession
virology.ws/2025/08/28/t...
@julierehmeyer.bsky.social on Beth Mazur's death, @whitneydafoe.bsky.social on "real life," and @drelke.bsky.social on society's exercise obsession
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Trial By Error: Three Blogs--Julie Rehmeyer on Beth Mazur's Death; Whitney Dafoe on Real Life; Elke Hausmann on Exercise and "The Salt Path" | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH Two years ago, Beth Mazur, who co-founded #MEAction and spent years advocating for better care and more research, committed suicide du ...
virology.ws
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here's a post highlighting recent blogs worth reading from
@julierehmeyer.bsky.social on Beth Mazur's death, @whitneydafoe.bsky.social on "real life," and @drelke.bsky.social on society's exercise obsession
virology.ws/2025/08/28/t...
@julierehmeyer.bsky.social on Beth Mazur's death, @whitneydafoe.bsky.social on "real life," and @drelke.bsky.social on society's exercise obsession
virology.ws/2025/08/28/t...
A major journal, eClinicalMedicine, published a meta-analysis claiming "high-certainty" evidence for exercise for Long COVID--even though the paper also acknowledged that most of the data used was of poor quality. Hm. I sent a letter to the journal.
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virology.ws/2025/08/27/t...
Trial By Error: Letter to eClinicalMedicine about Exercise Recommendations in Flawed Meta-Analysis of Long COVID Interventions | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH A journal under the Lancet umbrella, eClinicalMedicine, recently published a study from China called “Effects of therapeutic intervent ...
virology.ws
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A major journal, eClinicalMedicine, published a meta-analysis claiming "high-certainty" evidence for exercise for Long COVID--even though the paper also acknowledged that most of the data used was of poor quality. Hm. I sent a letter to the journal.
virology.ws/2025/08/27/t...
virology.ws/2025/08/27/t...
News bits: Update on Keystone gathering from
@thesicktimes.org; Severe ME Day video from
@anilvanderzee.bsky.social; Medscape article from @miriametucker.bsky.social on fractured care for postinfectious illness. virology.ws/2025/08/21/t...
@thesicktimes.org; Severe ME Day video from
@anilvanderzee.bsky.social; Medscape article from @miriametucker.bsky.social on fractured care for postinfectious illness. virology.ws/2025/08/21/t...
Trial By Error: Keystone Gathering Update; Anil's Severe ME Day Video; Fractured Care for Post-Infectious Illness | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH Keystone gathering round-up from Sick Times Many prominent Long COVID researchers gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, last week to discu ...
virology.ws
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
News bits: Update on Keystone gathering from
@thesicktimes.org; Severe ME Day video from
@anilvanderzee.bsky.social; Medscape article from @miriametucker.bsky.social on fractured care for postinfectious illness. virology.ws/2025/08/21/t...
@thesicktimes.org; Severe ME Day video from
@anilvanderzee.bsky.social; Medscape article from @miriametucker.bsky.social on fractured care for postinfectious illness. virology.ws/2025/08/21/t...