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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

Sydney, New South Wales
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    1. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 6 Apr 2020

      ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️ Retweeted An Leavy

      Less than 10%. But growing.https://twitter.com/an_leavy/status/1247367935682740224 …

      ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️ added,

      An Leavy @an_leavy
      PM Press Conference Around 6000 cases in Aust Less than 10% are community transmission Have avoided thousands of cases Providing us with much needed time Have so far avoided horrors seen overseas Extends concern and support fro Boris Johnson and his family
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Apr 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM

      But by definition that figure will grow as long as we have the borders closed and there's ~any~ transmission. 100% of transmission now will be community

      2 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
    3. Dr Paul fully vaccinated Grinzi‏ @DrGrinzi 6 Apr 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM

      We have just started to actually test for it (but only in limited regions). It's the hidden unknown at this stage.

      2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    4. Leigh Roberts‏ @LMR0001 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @DrGrinzi @GidMK @MackayIM

      ‘But we dont have the hospitalisations’ Its obviously possible there isnt much to find, but i relember Fauci proclaiming somthing along those lines before they were testing

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @LMR0001 @DrGrinzi @GidMK

      Uhhhm. Australia is doing quite a bit of testing.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM @LMR0001 @DrGrinzi

      Highest per capita in the world (roughly)!

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Dr Paul fully vaccinated Grinzi‏ @DrGrinzi 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM @LMR0001

      who are we testing? I explicitly am told NOT to test those with symptoms but without obvious travel/contacts/HCW/>65+. Are there screening programs running to detect community spread outside of the obvious cases?

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @DrGrinzi @GidMK @LMR0001

      Yep and the suspect case criteria have recently shifted again to include quite a range; latest from the CDNA SoNG 06APR and the PM's message about testing from last month https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-novel-coronavirus.htm …pic.twitter.com/OI7ebSJTKb

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    9. Dr Paul fully vaccinated Grinzi‏ @DrGrinzi 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM @GidMK @LMR0001

      Thanks. re point #2 - how does one find out where these higher risk regions are located? I haven't seen a postcode listing of higher risk - at least looking on govt information sites.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @DrGrinzi @GidMK @LMR0001

      good question. I'd hoped for hotspot maps weeks ago. but nuh

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Apr 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM @DrGrinzi @LMR0001

      It's a toughie. For hotspot maps to be useful, they have to be granular (I'd say SA1, you could maybe get away with SA2). If granular, you risk people's privacy

      2:28 PM - 7 Apr 2020
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

          For reference, the average population of an SA2 is about 10,000 people and includes entire towns. Not useful when an 'outbreak' could be a few dozen people - you really need that SA1 data (~400 people)

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        3. Dr Paul fully vaccinated Grinzi‏ @DrGrinzi 7 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM @LMR0001

          Fully understand (ex-GIS researcher here) but that leaves us in primary in a hard place - without knowing the hot spots we make assumptions (ie Melbourne a hot spot and therefore I screen everyone?). Nice wording (screen hot spots) but no practical follow-through (how).

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 7 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @DrGrinzi @LMR0001

          What is SA1 and SA2?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Apr 2020
          Replying to @MackayIM @DrGrinzi @LMR0001

          Statistical Area codes. They define the geographic spread of people in Australia, used by the ABS. Like postcodes, but more useful and specific

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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