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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

Sydney, New South Wales
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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020

    I just published COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal Than Influenzahttps://link.medium.com/69dx1d7Lq7 

    5:04 PM - 18 Jun 2020
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      2. Craig Kaplan‏ @TriggerLoop 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Typo: “which is quite a lot higher than even the lowest estimates for COVID-19” higher->lower

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @TriggerLoop

        Yes thank you!

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      2. Jay Adam‏ @JadamJay 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Is there any evidence you can compile on long term complications in covid 19 survivors? Or on hospitalization rates from covid 19? I think the mortality stats leave out a large portion of the story

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @JadamJay

        A question I am currently looking at with interest 😉

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      2. Some Guy‏ @someguymg 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Great read - it would be great to see something like this published in a major publication. It’s become nearly axiomatic that flu kills .1%. Would be great for this myth to be dispelled... might help increase mask compliance.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @someguymg

        I don't think that it's incorrect to say that flu kills 0.1% exactly, just that the figures we have for COVID currently are not comparable to that figure

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020

        That's true, but the challenge is finding comparable serological estimates. We don't often do population serosurveys of seasonal influenza!

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      1. Rei Young‏ @rei_young 18 Jun 2020
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        Love this!

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Jun 2020
        Replying to @MagnetsOh

        Sure, but the 40k is modeled rather than lab-confirmed. Unfortunately, we don't really do serological surveys of seasonal influenza. So if we want to compare COVID-19 fatality in a realistic way to flu, either we model excess mortality for COVID-19 or compare the sero estimates

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