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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. Daniel Reeders  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @engagedpractx 1 Apr 2020

      This push for #Masks4All is really gathering steam. We know what countries in Asia did to control their outbreaks—aggressive testing, contact tracing, self-isolation and social distancing. Mask wearing was incidental. 1/n https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/asia/coronavirus-mask-messaging-intl-hnk/index.html …

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    2. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @engagedpractx @GidMK

      Japan did NONE of this. I think we're on the brink of an explosion in cases, but we had a longer fuse than other countries. The only thing we did is that a lot of people (not all) are wearing masks. We may be an outlier, or not, but you can't cherry pick the data like that.

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    3. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @sina_lana @engagedpractx @GidMK

      No testing, no tracing, no isolation - crowded trains, crowded offices. I don't think that's good, but it's the truth. And I still don't get the argument that masks don't prevent you from sneezing on surfaces. It certainly does.

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @sina_lana @engagedpractx

      I mean...https://www.businessinsider.com.au/coronavirus-cases-spike-in-japan-after-middling-containment-measures-2020-3 …

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    5. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @engagedpractx

      That is exactly what I said. We are now on the brink of seeing a surge in cases. It's in my tweet, along with "we've had a longer fuse than other countries".

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    6. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @sina_lana @GidMK @engagedpractx

      I'm not saying "we've absolutely got it right!!", I'm saying you're ignoring data.

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @sina_lana @engagedpractx

      But Japan, as you pointed out, has been lax with testing. By definition this means that identified case numbers were low. As soon add the testing ramps up, lo and behold a huge surge in case numbers

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Apr 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @sina_lana @engagedpractx

      It actually seems like a great counter example to mask wearing - despite the extremely strong culture of masks in Japan, without the other measures there may be no impact at all on COVID-19 rates We will have to wait and see

      6:30 PM - 1 Apr 2020
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        2. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @engagedpractx

          No, testing has not increased in data. The increasing numbers have nothing to do with more testing. Is that bad? Yes, I think so. Still, people should stop spreading the idea that we started testing more and then started seeing more cases.

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        3. Lana Sinapayen‏ @sina_lana 1 Apr 2020
          Replying to @sina_lana @GidMK @engagedpractx

          "We will have to wait and see" EXACTLY. We don't know. I don't understand how one can make grand conclusions from an *absence* of data.

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