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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. Benjamin Veness‏ @venessb 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @GidMK and

      My thinking is that DHHS either don't have the data for a broader definition, or don't want the number to look higher than it already is, or both.

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @venessb @healthcare_19 and

      Could be. Either way, makes the odds ratios presented there problematic, because the denominator is wrong

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

      A recalculation in the works!

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @GidMK and

      Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker Retweeted Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker

      https://twitter.com/healthcare_19/status/1293334307965034497?s=20 …

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      Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker @healthcare_19
      Conclusion: Healthcare workers have been **4.37 times** more likely to contract COVID in the last month than non-HCW using the DHHS criteria. Tell me again we're not contracting this through our work pic.twitter.com/kBl31dwAiM
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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @venessb and

      I mean, there are still issues? For one thing, those are odds ratios so 4.37 times is not technically correct. Also, likely to be a big Melbourne bias given that healthcare workers are over-represented in the city where most of the cases have been

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

      The concentration of doctors and cases in the city is indeed higher - but in the same vein the proportion of both doctors and cases in the country is lower - they are proportionate so this does not explain the effect.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @venessb and

      Yes but your denominator is everyone in Vic. So the fact that more doctors are cases could just be because more doctors live in the city as a proportion. It also includes non-workers from what I can see, which may explain the discrepancy

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

      The denominator is the total susceptible population - both workers and non-workers. It must include both, otherwise cases in children and aged care would be excluded

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @venessb and

      Mmmm but if cases are more common in workers generally, then that might explain the higher OR. Similarly, if cases are more common in Melb than elsewhere in Vic, that could explain the OR as well. Lots of potential confounders

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

      It's hard to tease those out, but the non-HCW population has been buoyed by significant outbreaks in aged care and schools. If you compared only the workers to HCW the effect would actually be much larger.pic.twitter.com/nJdxguqvL5

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
      Replying to @healthcare_19 @venessb and

      Would it? Lots of outbreaks in meat packing plants too. I'm not sure this sort of analysis can really prove much tbh, so many potential confounders

      9:05 PM - 11 Aug 2020
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        2. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

          I'm not trying to give a precise est of HCW risk - what this analysis adds is that this is out of keeping with gen pop CT rate. If our workplace practices are perfect there should be zero added risk from work as a HCW, and we would have equal opportunity + rates as non-HCW

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Aug 2020
          Replying to @healthcare_19 @venessb and

          My point is that it doesn't, really. I'm not saying anything is safe or unsafe, merely that this analysis doesn't really tell you whether HCWs are at higher risk in Vic than comparable non-HCQ counterparts, or whether this risk is higher than what you'd expect

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        1. Victorian Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Tracker‏ @healthcare_19 11 Aug 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @venessb and

          Our workplaces are not standard - we wear PPE all day. Higher rates in HCW more concerning than other workplaces It's wrong to assume that increased opportunity for exposure to COVID cases at work means infection of HCW is inevitable - it signals a failure of prevention policy

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