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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Feb 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Timothy Caulfield

      There's only one thing that boosts your immune system - vaccines! Everything else is basically bunk (especially echinacea)https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1231969078073417728 …

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      Timothy CaulfieldVerified account @CaulfieldTim
      Dear Alternative Medicine, please don't use concerns surrounding outbreak to market pseudoscience! "Naturopathic doctors suggest boosting immune systems in wake of #coronavirus, flu" https://www.azfamily.com/news/health/naturopathic-doctors-suggest-boosting-immune-systems-in-wake-of-coronavirus/article_3234e20e-51f7-11ea-9bef-6f67f6fbbabe.html … cc @GidMK @TheSGEM Let's kill this kinda alt med "immune boost" BS!
      13 replies 24 retweets 76 likes
    2. PreKure‏ @PreKureOfficial 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Well I'll keep using things that have worked very well in the past (e.g. H1N1 swine flu pandemic) and you wait for the vaccine and hope it reaches you before COVID-19 does, including that extra time-lag for it to work and give you immunity. Or will any old vaccine do?

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @PreKureOfficial

      What things have worked very well in the past?

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    4. PreKure‏ @PreKureOfficial 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Here are some intervention trials for selenium https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4288282/ … Here is a Cochrane review of retinol for measles. https://www.cochrane.org/CD001479/ARI_vitamin-a-for-measles-in-children … and zinc for common cold (often a coronavirus) https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012808/full …

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. George Henderson‏ @puddleg 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @PreKureOfficial @GidMK

      Also this study of sambucus (elderberry extract) in influenza. All 4 members of my family caught swine flu in the global pandemic - the 2 who received sambucus within the first 48 hours only had mild symptoms and were well able to care for the other 2.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9395631 

      3 replies 3 retweets 8 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

      In a similar vein, no one I know caught swine flu and we all regularly avoid elderberry extract. Maybe the extract causes immune deficiency and thus swine flu infections!

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    7. George Henderson‏ @puddleg 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @PreKureOfficial

      You're not even thinking. We took the extract after infection. If you had caught the swine flu, you would have been sick. But how sick? Try to be logical.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. George Henderson‏ @puddleg 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @puddleg @GidMK @PreKureOfficial

      I mean, I actually showed you scientific evidence that was relevant, and there's more where that came from. Is it more important to poo-poo the "other", or to work out what might help here IN THE NOTABLE ABSENCE OF A VACCINE?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Feb 2020
      Replying to @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

      I mean, you showed me a tiny study published in 1995 with awful statistical analysis and a very high risk of bias, then coupled it with a personal anecdote about elderberry supplements I never said there was a vaccine, I just said "boosting immunity" was mostly nonsense

      2:27 PM - 24 Feb 2020
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Feb 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

          And if you're wondering about prevention measures with a very strong evidence-base (as opposed to expensive supplements), the CDC and WHO have excellent information about good ways to avoid getting sick

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Robert Mauri‏ @patentbobm 24 Feb 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

          And that info protects your kids in school, how? Both my kids got the flu this year. Didn't get it any year before. You can't control school systems or other people.

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        2. Robert Mauri‏ @patentbobm 24 Feb 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

          You don't want to compare what George showed you with results from Tamiflu. https://www.cochrane.org/news/tamiflu-and-relenza-getting-full-evidence-picture …

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        3. George Henderson‏ @puddleg 24 Feb 2020
          Replying to @patentbobm @GidMK @PreKureOfficial

          But what's the bet that pharmacies are stocking up on Tamiflu as we speak, and a paper will soon come out claiming an off-label effect on coronavirus. That is, if it's still under patent.

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        2. George Henderson‏ @puddleg 24 Feb 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @PreKureOfficial

          But if you were really interested, you would have read every related study in the PubMed sidebar. It's not my job to feed you evidence - you're a Health Nerd.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @puddleg @PreKureOfficial

          Lol what absolute nonsense. I've read quite a bit of the recent literature, but chasing down every tiny terrible study done decades ago is a pointless pursuit

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