Our Crowdfunding Groups
Last week, Monbiot published another scathing column on ME/CFS. Yesterday, he and I discussed the "cruel and bizarre cult" that runs the UK's Science Media Centre and has propagated now-discredited views about the causes of and treatmens for the disease. Here's the interview.
Meanwhile, October's crowdfunding campaign has reached 67% of the goal with more than 330 donations, with six days left. If you'd like to continue to support my work, here's the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/43450
Please do NOT click on the "Read Update" button below. That takes you back to a past campaign.
With eight days left in May, the crowdfunder is entering the final stretch. At 60%, it is well within reach of the final goal. In past years, the trajectory has been similar.
To donate, here's the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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To mark the day, I have reposted my interview with George Monbiot, the Guardian columnist and political activist, who has slammed the biopsychosocial school for its egregiously poor research and harmful approach to this illness. For those who have difficulty with videos, here's a text version.
If you'd like to support my current campaign, here's the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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The campaign is closing in on its first 100 donations...Thanks to all past, current and future supporters!!--David
The link is here: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
With almost 400 donations, November's crowdfunder has reached 92% of the goal. I am very, very appreciative of all the support! If you'd still like to donate, please use this link:
https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/40018
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Thanks much!--David
Earlier this year, I wrote a long piece for Codastory.com about Maeve Boothby O'Neill, a young English woman who died two years ago from complications of ME after more than a decade of struggling with her illness. The family has now been waiting more than two years for a formal inquest. The coroner has finally called a preliminary meeting for later this month. I hope to be able to attend in person when the full inquest is held.
If you'd like to continue to support my work so I can continue to cover events in this field, please use this link:
https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/40018
DO NOT CLICK ON THE "READ UPDATE" BUTTON BELOW! THAT'S A DEFAULT LINK THAT GOES TO A PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN.
Thanks much!--David
Dear Past Supporter of Trial By Error: Usually I've done a fall crowdfunding in October; this year, it's in November. I really appreciate all the support I've received over the years. I hope donors feel they've received a good return on their investment in my Berkeley project. (Donations are tax-deductible to US taxpayers.) I learned this week that a letter rebutting inflated claims about the prevalence of functional neurological disorder has been accepted for publication in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical. You can read a pre-print of the letter here. I have spent a fair amount of time trying to counter published misinformation about this issue, so I'm glad an accurate account will soon be available in the medical literature. TO DONATE TO THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN, PLEASE USE THIS LINK: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/40018 DO NOT CLICK ON THE "READ UPDATE" BUTTON BELOW! THAT'S A DEFAULT LINK THAT GOES TO A PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN. Thanks much!--David |
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With five days left till the end of the month, this campaign is nearing 400 donations. As usual, the most are from the UK (131), followed by the US (87). But for the first time, a donation has come from Jordan!
TO DONATE TO THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN, PLEASE USE THIS LINK:
https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/37217
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Thanks much! It has meant a lot to me that I have been able to continue with this project for the last few years through the generosity of the patient and advocacy communities.--David
I blogged about that on Friday. On Monday I blogged about the CLoCk study of Long Covid in kids--a project involving, among others, Professor Esther Crawley, Bristol University's methodologically and ethically challenged pediatrician and grant magnet.
TO DONATE TO THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN, PLEASE USE THIS LINK:
https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/37217
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Thanks much for your support!--David
This month's Berkeley crowdfunding has so far received more than 100 donations and reached 13% of the goal. As usual, the most donations--39--are from the UK, with 28 from the US, 15 from Norway, and others here and there.
On Friday, I posted a follow-up to my earlier post about a problematic new JAMA study that provides fodder for those seeking to minimize long Covid. The follow-up discusses the study's links to Recovery Norway, a group associated with the "mind-body" training called the Lightning Process. The study also seeks to resuscitate the zombie Fukuda case definition for CFS from 1994, which has been largely abandoned.
TO DONATE TO THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN, PLEASE USE THIS LINK!
https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/37217
(DO NOT CLICK ON THE "READ UPDATE" BUTTON BELOW! That default button is automatically included in this message and will take you to a previously completed campaign--not to the page for donating now.)
Thanks much for your support!--David
Thanks much to all! The month of October has ended, and so has this crowdfunding campaign, which surpassed its goal on the last day. Going forward, I plan to send out occasional updates and links to my posts and articles...
(Please ignore the verbiage about donating that is automatically added below to this update. The campaign is over.)
