Online activists are silencing us, scientists say

Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford Michael Sharpe poses for a photograph in Oxford, England, January 8, 2019. Picture taken January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LONDON: The emails, tweets and blog posts in the "abuse" folder that Michael Sharpe keeps on his computer continue to pile up.

Eight years after he published results of a clinical trial that found some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome can get a little better with the right talking and exercise therapies, the Oxford University professor is subjected to almost daily, often anonymous, intimidation.