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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 31 May 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Zahra Clayborne

      If you consider yourself apolitical after studying epidemiology, you've missed some of the key points and should have another look at the subject #epitwitterhttps://twitter.com/zclayborne/status/1267156066795761664 …

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      Zahra Clayborne @zclayborne
      me, when I started tweeting: I will keep this account strictly professional. me, today: lol no. real talk - if you believe that academia is or should be apolitical, you lead a very, very privileged life.
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 31 May 2020

      As a start, the originaly 2005 Marmot report is eye-opening "Social factors [are] at the root of much of these inequalities in health" https://www.who.int/social_determinants/strategy/en/Marmot-Social%20determinants%20of%20health%20inqualities.pdf …pic.twitter.com/6A5GdEVLLs

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 31 May 2020

      The boring fact is that society is unequal and that this impacts public health. The corollary to this is that, if you want to improve health, you have to improve society There is no apolitical epidemiology

      3:41 PM - 31 May 2020
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        1. Madeleine Morris‏ @remittancegirl 31 May 2020
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          It’s not boring. It’s true.

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        2. Christopher Snowdon‏Verified account @cjsnowdon 31 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Everyone wants to improve society. Epidemiologists’ views about how to do that are no better than anyone else’s.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 31 May 2020
          Replying to @cjsnowdon

          "Better" is a moral judgement, so obviously you're right - it's inherently subjective Better informed, however, is a more reasonable point, and I think very defensible

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        1. sadie. kay. mid. day.‏ @SkarletVarlet 31 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          You see this with MHPs too. Yay for manualized therapies and theories of behavior change but as soon as you practice get ready to talk all day about racism, religion, and the crushing traumas inflicted by the state

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        1. phyllis rosemary harry‏ @PhyllisRosemary 31 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MoleyMole01

          genetics are also unequal not racist epidemiology the honest fact is life is not always fair no matter what you try to do

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        1. Ian Jade‏ @jadewhisk 31 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @remittancegirl

          I think it's important to note the two conflicting uses of "political" in everyday speech. Science shows up all those inconvenient realities that demand political action. Science does not, and should not, start by assuming a particular ideology and twisting facts to fit.

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