Reminder: In order to secure desired outcome of psychologizing ME, NIH made Walitt (well-known proponent of ME as psychosomatic, psychocultural, psychogenic, Somatic Sx Disorder, social construct) central figure of study (Nath: the study would've been impossible w/o Walitt). 1/ NIH invented a new medical term & concept (“effort preference”) based on a test, EEfRT, designed for MH & contraindicated in cohorts w/ physical limitations, at very least w/o controlling for limitations by individually calibrating test requirements based on physical ability. 2/

NIH: “... it is up to the reader to consider, based on other studies, how the result might compare if the same data were analyzed and interpreted using other sound statistical methods.” 1/ Reality check: Analyzing dozens of EEfRT studies and extracting from the >24k data-point NIH Figure 3a spreadsheet & graphing the relevant data is a laborious, tedious, & time-consuming process, not something the reader could possibly eye-ball or reasonably “consider” b/c Figure 3a carefully conceals the truth. NIH's suggestion is preposterous and disingenuous. 2/

Some examples out of a long list. To chalk these and the many other up to "honest errors" is ludicrous. 1/ NIH’s Madian claimed that ME pts “completed the task a large majority of the time.” That’s blatantly false as ME pts had a combined hard-task completion rate of only 67%, not even in the ballpark for “a large majority of the time.” 2/

Off-the-charts NIH corruption on display. Agency buries glaring EEFRT research misconduct, didn’t even conduct an inquiry--an exceedingly low-bar hurdle--much less an investigation, which would 100% have resulted in the finding of misconduct absent a blatant cover-up. 1/ None of my specific research-misconduct allegations, documenting numerous incidents of falsification of research results (incl. manipulation, changing, omitting), were contested, in this letter or otherwise, since I filed my complaints in June 2024. Draw your own conclusions. 2/

NIH’s Agency Intramural Research Integrity Officer (AIRIO) has begun assessing research-conduct complaints made by ME advocates against certain NIH investigators involved in intramural ME study. This is the 1st in a 4-step process. 1/n Due to the large number of issues raised with the intramural study and the fact that we are several weeks into this process already, the assessment stage will likely take more than the usual 30 days. 2/n

NIH’s malicious Effort Preference claim is propped up by a misleading manipulation of the EEfRT and a shameless misrepresentation of the EEfRT data. Read all about it in Part 2 of my new series. thoughtsaboutme.com/2024/06/12/the… One of my through-the-looking-glass findings is that ME patients actually performed better than controls on the EEfRT based on the reported data, completely debunking the Effort Preference claim, but there is so much more than that.

Thread: We have barely scratched the surface w/ respect to Walitt. The more you look, the more you realize just how deranged he is. This is whom NIH installed to run the intramural ME study and to be primary investigator for ongoing GWI & FM studies. This is not normal. 1/ Take, e.g., this 2013 Walitt opinion paper (links in last tweet, published in Nature Review,) a vile propaganda piece regarding fibromyalgia & myalgic encephalomyelitis: Culture, science and the changing nature of fibromyalgia. 2/