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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 19 May 2020

      27/n ...and then a paragraph about Iran that contradicts the earlier points raised about why NYC has seen so many deathspic.twitter.com/u70mD8SEWH

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      28/n Some discussion about press release science (we are agreed that it isn't good) but no mention of government reports This is a HUGE gap to the study

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      29/n For example, why wasn't this Spanish seroprevalence study included? It is the biggest in the world, and estimates IFR to be ~1-1.3% - triple the highest estimate in this review!pic.twitter.com/VUxKFVNO2O

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      30/n On the other hand, why were clearly biased estimates included? Why was 500 arbitrarily the minimum size considered for included research (if you choose 1,000, the IFRs are suddenly much higher)

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      31/n Which brings us to this conclusion, which is, frankly, a bit astonishing Is it a fact? That's certainly not shown in this review, and most evidence seems to contradict this statementpic.twitter.com/V9LKRjHKHv

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      32/n The final thoughts here may make this a bit more understandable It seems the author is not a fan of lockdowns. Perhaps this has driven his decisions for his review?pic.twitter.com/BcvRv1XooZ

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      33/n Ultimately, it's hard to know the why, but what we can say is that this review appears to have very significantly underestimated the infection-fatality rate of COVID-19

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      34/n Moreover, the methodology is quite clearly inadequate to estimate the IFR of COVID-19, and thus the study fails to achieve its own primary objective

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

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      35/n Something that people are pointing out - another weakness of this study is that the author appears to have taken the LOWEST POSSIBLE IFR estimate from each study For example, the Gangelt authors posited an IFR of 0.37-.46%, this paper cites 0.28% https://twitter.com/FreisinnigeZtg/status/1262983934549397511?s=20 …

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    10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      36/n I should note - this paper is currently a PREPRINT This gives us a great opportunity. We can correct the record in real time, and put up a study that actually achieves its aims Let's hope it happens

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 19 May 2020

      37/n I think it's also worth pointing out that I personally WISH that the IFR of COVID-19 was 0.02%. It would solve so many of our problems - unfortunately, it seems extremely unlikely

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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 20 May 2020

          38/n Another good critique of the study is here: https://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/pandemic-blog-23-why-one-published-research-finding-is-misleading/ … It appears that for the Netherlands study, the number provided in this review is roughly 6x lower than the true IFR

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        1. MyuranRaj‏ @MyuranRaj 20 May 2020
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          Loved your thread FWIW, we get very different results Aussie?Almost feel the need to take you to a cricket pitch and make the mandatory disparaging remark about sand paper 😁 Go on, deconstruct our paper at the end of thread. No offence will be taken! https://twitter.com/myuranraj/status/1261997581107900418?s=21 …https://twitter.com/MyuranRaj/status/1261997581107900418 …

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          Updated table comparing COVID IFR rates in 19 regions & start of BCG mass vaccination. Based on antibody studies excl Italy, Austria & Sweden *Warning: Very Preliminary Results* NB. Both IFRs time lag adjusted NB. Adjusted IFR contains excess death numbers (largely NYtimes) pic.twitter.com/BuOcEHdxJW
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        2. Morat Gurgeh‏ @MGurgeh 20 May 2020
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          In young, otherwise healthy people, chances are the IFR will be in that ball park. If one can shield those most susceptible, which is perfectly possible with the known transmission of SARS-CoV-2, then you problems are solved...

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        3. P@cman‏ @Pcman32554064 20 May 2020
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          yes, as JI says, " IFR is not a fixed physical constant" and is "depending on the population structure", ie how many old people are unshielded

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        1. P@cman‏ @Pcman32554064 20 May 2020
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          he gives range of 0.02% to 0.40%.

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        2. N 💉c 😷 Terpstra‏ @artinspector 20 May 2020
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          @threadreaderapp unroll

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 20 May 2020
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          Hi! you can read it here: @GidMK: Today, this new preprint from John Ioannidis (of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame) went online… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1262956011872280577.html … Enjoy :) 🤖

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        1. Ketofan1000‏ @ketofan1000 20 May 2020
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          Thank you Sir, you are brilliant.

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        2. Chris Mills, RD, MPH (She/Elle/Sie)  🇨🇦 in  🇩🇪‏ @ChrisMillsRD 20 May 2020
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          @threadreaderapp unroll please

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 20 May 2020
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          Hallo, please find the unroll here: @GidMK: Today, this new preprint from John Ioannidis (of "Most Published Research Findings Are False" fame) went online… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1262956011872280577.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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