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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 13 Jul 2020

      Either expertise is dead, or people should stop considering random tech bros expert in every field of human knowledge

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Jul 2020

      People are all like "the experts were WRONG" but what they actually mean is that the pseudonymous tech blogger they read in February turned out to be incorrect which is, to the experts, not all that surprising

      8:49 PM - 13 Jul 2020
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        1. Laika the Spook Dog‏ @MMendlowPhD 13 Jul 2020
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          Some of them weren’t even using very sophisticated tech

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        2. Thatcher Ulrich‏ @ThatcherUlrich 13 Jul 2020
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          Dunno, I think of this as a team effort. E.g. Pueyo explained things better than any expert (or journalist) I'm aware of.

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        3. Crios Ó Conghaile‏ @cripipper21 13 Jul 2020
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          The danger is that a hobbyist who is a good explainer can be right for all the wrong reasons, which gains them credibility until the next time when...

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        1. Dr Vyom Sharma (ethnic mum)‏ @drvyom 13 Jul 2020
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          😂😂😂

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        2. Andreas Prucha  🔴 🟡‏ @AndreasPrucha 13 Jul 2020
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          True. But seriously: Those who could be considered experts have also had wide spread ideas (which is no surprise). But e.g. Ioannidis coming up with overly, IMO irreationally optimistic guesses like 10000 ppl, then < 40000 ppl dying this year was not helpful.

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        3. Andreas Prucha  🔴 🟡‏ @AndreasPrucha 13 Jul 2020
          Replying to @AndreasPrucha @GidMK

          Of course ppl who wanted to hear such things just took it and rely on "it's in the ballpack of the flu" saying "that's the estimate of true experts, not fake-experts like XYZ". I think what many people need to learn: When a scientist uses "might" or similar it has a reason.

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        1.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave 14 Jul 2020
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          pic.twitter.com/R5mryzKwMK

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        1. qpp‏ @inmybackyardpls 14 Jul 2020
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          I relish the day we have an ongoing, global, months long crisis in rail systems so I can do battle daily with the ignorati 👍

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