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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2020

    People: we're miscounting COVID-19 deaths! We're counting anyone WITH the disease, not people who die of it Me, a clever scientist: ...but that's how we count all deaths?

    1:29 PM - 22 Jul 2020
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2020

        Some people get hit by a truck and their deaths are easy to classify But some people get hit by a truck, then spend a month in a coma after which they develop permanent kidney damage due to mechanical ventilation. They then slowly decline, the transplant doesn't take

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2020

        And after 2 years on dialysis their kidneys get infected and they pass away What's the cause of death? Did they die with kidney disease or from it? Complex!

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2020

        If a healthy 20 year old dies from a heart attack, it's easy to code. If the same heart attack happens to a 90-year-old person with diabetes, lung cancer, and chronic heart failure, it's far more complicated The same is true of COVID-19

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      2. Chris Bore‏ @chris_bore 22 Jul 2020
        Replying to @HawthorneCruel @GidMK

        That sounds like a fascinating theme for a talk @CyberCafeSci

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      2.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave 22 Jul 2020

        This is EXACTLY what we do with influenza (and to some degree rhinoviruses). Respiratory disease is taken very seriously because of the mortality from pandemic flu and it is monitored closely.

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      1. Greg Metcalf‏ @gmetcalfmd 22 Jul 2020
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        99% of COVID deaths are from respiratory failure. We will blame those on COVID. The other 1% are cases who maybe died of something else. So hurrah ... its not 150,000 COVID deaths; its 148,500! Its good to clear that up

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      1. Jake Mey, PhD, RD‏ @CakeNutrition 22 Jul 2020
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      1. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle 23 Jul 2020
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        As someone who fills out death certicates, I find it helpful to show the example from the CDC as it proves their concerns are pretty specious (shockingly experts long ago thought of these things). There isn’t just one line for cause of death people, it’s actually quite detailed.pic.twitter.com/C7R0a1Lsv7

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