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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 16 Jun 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Rhys Blakely

      One thing that's extremely frustrating about this dexa story is the extrapolation to 5,000 people potentially saved a) steroids (incl dexa) probably were used in many patients who died b) can't just infer this number from the NNT! @BBCMoreOrLesshttps://twitter.com/rhysblakely/status/1272861573007245312 …

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      Rhys BlakelyVerified account @rhysblakely
      Breaking: Oxford researchers find 1st drug proven to reduce Covid deaths Low-cost steroid dexamethasone reduced death by a third in ventilated patients If used from start of the pandemic it could have saved apprx 5,000 lives in UK It costs about £5 -- about £40 saves a life pic.twitter.com/AuhXcYbjyM
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Jun 2020

      The 5,000 saved appears to be just taking the NNT - 1 life saved for every 8 treated - and applying it to the ~40,000 deaths in the UK That's nonsense, and doesn't reflect the reality of either this statistic or treatment for COVID-19

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Jun 2020

      Also, out of interest - doctors of twitter, what proportion of critically ill COVID-19 patients do you think have been given (roughly, in your experience) dexamethasone or an equivalent corticosteroid?

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    4. James Colley‏Verified account @JamColley 16 Jun 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Hi Gid, not a doctor and can only understand about half these words but happy to contribute my vote to the poll!

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Jun 2020
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      Liarpic.twitter.com/qUPppiiAgd

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    6. James Colley‏Verified account @JamColley 16 Jun 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      My votes are automatically filtered by twitter.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Jun 2020
      Replying to @JamColley

      All I can say is that I'm very disappointed in The Algorithm

      5:09 PM - 16 Jun 2020
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