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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 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      They aren't based on other countries. If they were, they would be very different. They are high school maths, which it turns out isn't a great basis for complex disease spread

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    2. Nell Butler‏ @Erythrina5 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ellyhowse @normanswan

      Tell us what your predictions for this disease spread are. Do you think it's a hysterical panic & the numbers are likely much lower? Be clear about your opinion. And please put it here on the internet for the public record.

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      Here's what the experts say: it's too changeable to give consistent predictions. So much depends on things that happen every day. I agree with themhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/it-s-not-magical-pandemic-modeller-demystifies-australia-s-coronavirus-strategy-20200318-p54bfb.html …

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    4. Nell Butler‏ @Erythrina5 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ellyhowse @normanswan

      You RT & agree with a covid19 denialist who is for inaction & against the WHO reccomendations. But you haven't made a clear statement. What you just did is an attempt at plausible deniability. Agree with those who cast doubt on the WHO without being accountable.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      What a load of nonsense accusations. COVID19 is a public health crisis and extremely important to combat. This doesn't make random predictions any less suspect

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    6. Nell Butler‏ @Erythrina5 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ellyhowse @normanswan

      So are these "random predictions" overemphasising the risks or underplaying it in your opinion? Just to be clear here.

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      They are wrong, and mostly vastly overplay the number of cases we will likely see in the near future. We will obviously see large numbers, but nowhere in the world has the exponential curve just gone on unchecked

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    8. Nell Butler‏ @Erythrina5 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ellyhowse @normanswan

      Finally. Thanks for acknowledging that you're a covid19 denialist. Of course it won't go unchecked- it won't go unchecked because of other experts, not you, who take it seriously & don't tweet denialist nonsense to the general public encouraging them to go crowd Bondi beach.

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      Lol, I did not do that. I've been spending every day trying to get people to social distance etc. Anyway, if you want to go tilt at straw men, have fun and make up something truly ridiculous like anti-vaccine activism or something

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    10. Nell Butler‏ @Erythrina5 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ellyhowse @normanswan

      When you tell a complacent population, who only have a pathetic half hearted attempt at public education from their government to learn from, that what happened in Italy couldn't happen here- you encourage denial & social contact.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Erythrina5 @ellyhowse @normanswan

      As I said, boring straw men. I never said that. Toodles

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        1. fallofasparrow‏ @fallofasparrow1 21 Mar 2020
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          Presumably unintentional, but for some reason you really come across as if your ego's more keen on you being technically right than morally helpful.pic.twitter.com/oc1OIlk3MY

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        2. Tom Corrigan‏ @tommygnr 10 Dec 2020
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          Dear @Erythrina5 now that you've had almost 9 months to reflect do you think you owe an apology to @GidMK or are you still too proud to admit fault?

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