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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 21 May 2020

    Health Nerd Retweeted onisillos sekkides

    Interesting. If London's seroprevalence is 17%, with a population of 8.9 million and 7,758 #COVID19 deaths today implies an IFR in London of ~0.51%https://twitter.com/onisillos/status/1263541718407876610 …

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    onisillos sekkides @onisillos
    Is London’s #SARSCoV2 seroprevalence really 17%? Has anybody seen the data? #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/jrcH74Ooax
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    • c0nc0rdance hbd chick Arch-Physicist 😷 #ZeroCovid FVM Will Barker Adam Čabla 💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology" 🍩 Musgrave Mirvat Termos, MPH Chomes
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 May 2020

        (This is a BIG if, we don't have enough data on the study to know if this is a reasonable estimate or even what population it covers)

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      1. Dave‏ @davecoghlan 21 May 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Similar to NYC...but lower deaths.

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      2. onisillos sekkides‏ @onisillos 21 May 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        I’m still trying to confirm this. It’s the highest I’ve seen (even Stockholm is much lower). Do you recall anything higher? If correct it speaks volumes about the effectiveness of interventions here

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 May 2020
        Replying to @onisillos

        NYC is estimated at ~21% but I think that's the only one higher off the top of my head. Madrid region was just over 10%, Czech Republic and Slovenia much lower, and nowhere in the states aside from NYC has been above 5% I think

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      2. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 21 May 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Depends what area they are counting as London?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 May 2020
        Replying to @MatthewJDalby

        Good point. Without more info, hard to know exactly

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 May 2020
        Replying to @DocMelbourne @CollignonPeter

        Very true. I suspect the IFRs calculated using official death tolls will generally be an underestimate - in some ways this is the biggest weakness of seroprevalence studies that do not use a model to estimate IFR

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      1. Willem van Schaik  💙‏ @WvSchaik 21 May 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @CollignonPeter

        Nobody has seen the data or study protocol, as far as I know. This may not be an unbiased, random sample

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      1. David Penington  💉 💉AZ #NotABotOrTrot‏ @DavidPenington2 21 May 2020
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        What is their cross-reactivity rate from other human coronaviruses, and other "false positive" rate? I really doubt the Milan 4% seropositive blood donor rate from before their first diagnosed case.

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