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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 12 Apr 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Ed Rennie

      What a truly ridiculous graph Death rates per population will by definition be way smaller in big countries at the start of a pandemic For reference, China is ~50× lower than the US, India is >100× lowerhttps://twitter.com/edrennie77/status/1249028359855759361 …

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      Ed Rennie @edrennie77
      Finally Covid-19 fatalities adjusted for population pic.twitter.com/NYnw6BwSRu
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      9 replies 8 retweets 35 likes
    2. Dr Graham Lappin‏ @LappinGraham 13 Apr 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @pash22

      As a Pharmacokineticists I’m used to normalising (eg dose) to compare like with like. Why not normalise to population? I’m not an epidemiologist and so I’m seriously looking to be educated.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Apr 2020
      Replying to @LappinGraham @pash22

      Pretty simple - at the start of an epidemic, the rate is not related to population The eventual death count per population after the epidemic may be illustrative, but right now it's just misleading

      8:03 PM - 13 Apr 2020
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        2. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 13 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @LappinGraham @pash22

          I am still trying to elucidate my discomfort with using deaths per population. As an FP it _feels _ wrong but I can’t place my finger on the mathematical reason. Mostly I see it being used as an argument to say “the USA is not that bad”.../2

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        3. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 13 Apr 2020
          Replying to @auscandoc @GidMK and

          2. Thus my suspicion is that is really being used because it makes the number appear smaller and eases the cognitive dissonance (that the USA stuffed the response). .../3

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        1. Dr Graham Lappin‏ @LappinGraham 14 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @pash22

          Thanks. I interpreted the original comment as a general rule, my mistake, but that threw me.

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