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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 23 Mar 2020

    Since everyone's decided that they are an epidemiologist because of coronavirus, I thought I'd put together some basic advice to follow if you're going to give it a whack Presenting: The Ten Commandments of Epidemiology #COVID19 #epitwitterpic.twitter.com/CJUA5kFgZT

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 23 Mar 2020

        Note: this is not an exhaustive list. Fellow epis, anything else to include?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 23 Mar 2020

        Note 2: It's still better not to be an armchair epidemiologist - leave that stuff to the professionals - but if you absolutely have to at least follow some basic rules like checking up the denominator of your proportions

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      2. Ashley Holub, PhD‏ @ashtroid22 23 Mar 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        RATE HAS TIME IN THE DENOMINATOR

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      3. Shelley DeVost‏ @shelleydevost 25 Mar 2020
        Replying to @ashtroid22 @GidMK

        This is one of the few pet peeves of others that bugs me. What has the colloquial understanding of the term "rate" ever done to hurt an epidemiologist? Semantic arguments are worthwhile when meaning/clarity is threatened, but no one's ever confused by the term "tax rate"

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      2. Matthew Alsaloum‏ @MatthewAlsaloum 23 Mar 2020
        Replying to @rod_fell @GidMK

        I was about to ask this, too... For me, personally, it's because it's harder to understand what it means 😂

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      1. Zelda Doyle‏ @Zelda_Doyle 23 Mar 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Thou shall not call thyself an epidemiologist if thou did not major in or do a specific epidemiology degree (sorry, pet peeve around some MPH's)

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      1. Jiska van der Reest‏ @JiskaVDR 24 Mar 2020
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        Honoring the 10thpic.twitter.com/DbMgz32FBn

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      1. George Beckingham‏ @GBeckingham 24 Mar 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        I maintain a couple of graphs for my own purposes, but if I were to extrapolate, the cone of uncertainty would look like the wide setting on a fire hose.

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      2. Lua Wilkinson, PhD, RD‏ @LuaWilkinson 24 Mar 2020
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        pic.twitter.com/pEqZlFQNUg

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      3. Dylan MacKay‏ @DylanMacKayPhD 24 Mar 2020
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        pic.twitter.com/7d4VjkaXYY

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