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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. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020

      Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧 Retweeted Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉

      Really wish people in the medical community would stop making bold claims like this and then a few tweets down say, “This is observational and small but reflects both symptomatic & asymptomatic people.” A lot of people won’t read the little disclaimer you’re putting out to CYAhttps://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1278088607551586306 …

      Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧 added,

      Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉Verified account @ASlavitt
      NEW STUDY: A Chinese study shows people infected with COVID-19 lose antibodies after only a few months.
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    2. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020

      Then, the stubborn people see the bold claim and say, “Well, what’s the point then of wearing a mask and staying inside?” I’m so tired of the bold claims when they are small studies or aren’t peer-reviewed. People don’t know what to believe and it creates panic.

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    3. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020

      I wish they wouldn’t report studies unless they have the data to back it up or have a huge, flashing disclaimer that it’s only initial data. It all feels like dirty clickbait to me.

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    4. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020

      I really want to know what @GidMK thinks about this. Maybe I’m missing something? It just feels like every day there’s a small study scaring people and then two days later it’s disproven or you never hear about it again. It’s just too much.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @mistymadonna

      The tweet is silly. The study is interesting, and has potentially worrying implications for long-term immunity to COVID-19 that we need to further investigate

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Are you seeing things like this in your media? It’s like this every day multiple times a day where we hear these crazy claims and they sometimes fuel the misinformation.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @mistymadonna @GidMK

      I thought the medical community was supposed to report on things when they have enough data, not this weird horror movie we’re living in where people half-ass a study and then treat it like it’s the gospel?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @mistymadonna

      I think the study itself is reasonable - this is preliminary data, but worth looking at. The reporting on it is awful tho, it's not a certainty it's something that wee need to investigate further

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Misty 🌲 🪵 ☕️ 🍒 🥧‏ @mistymadonna 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      If I were you, seeing this stuff would exhaust me to death. We see so much of this every day and not everyone can see it for what it is.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 Jun 2020
      Replying to @mistymadonna

      It has been exhausting, but we do what we can. I've really enjoyed @CT_Bergstrom @angie_rasmussen @MackayIM @SaskiaPopescu and others discussion of studies like these, it's been amazing to see the public communication of really finicky science this year on twitter

      9:29 PM - 30 Jun 2020
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      • Alex Kaufman ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧻🧙‍♂️ Dr. Angela Rasmussen Misty🌲🪵☕️🍒🥧
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        1. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 1 Jul 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @mistymadonna and

          Exhausting.

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