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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 30 Aug 2020

    My take on the idea that "only 6%" of COVID-19 deaths were actually caused by the infection Long story short? It's total nonsensehttps://medium.com/@gidmk/covid-19-deaths-are-mostly-caused-by-coronavirus-2a6d2d43bd09 …

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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 30 Aug 2020

        Thanks to @zorinaq for the link to U.S. death certificates, which I could not find for the life of me!

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      2. Mathew‏ @Mathew94379832 30 Aug 2020
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        Brilliant stuff as always! One Q - What about deaths due to secondary infections (a large % of influenza deaths), and also excess deaths due to hyper coagulation / PE / Other clot damage from COVID-19? Are these being includeded or missed in the current data?

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      3. MJSmink‏ @MaryJo_NotMary 2 Sep 2020
        Replying to @Mathew94379832 @GidMK

        Probably indeed missed more often in the earlier counts. I would think now that they know about COVID possibly causing things like blood clots, and testing is more available including post-mortem, they are picking up more of these in the death counts.

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      1. Hiti de Kretser: AZ all the way!  🐢 🦥‏ @tonsoffun 31 Aug 2020
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        Brilliant read Gid🙌

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      1. Ole‏ @Nattjager 31 Aug 2020
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        its like saying water isnt the key in a drowning ... because someone says "its really the lack of o2"

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      2. The Almighty's Destroyer of Trumpism‏ @BLaurune 31 Aug 2020
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        The people saying only 6% of deaths were caused by the infection really don't care that it's total nonsense.

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      2. Alex Z‏ @AZinCLE 31 Aug 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Thank you! It's been driving me crazy seeing people describe all these as "underlying conditions" as if 20k people coincidentally went into cardiac arrest at the same time they had COVID.

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      3. Kim H‏ @khgator89 2 Sep 2020
        Replying to @AZinCLE @GidMK

        But so few scientists and doctors are saying this! I have educated friends who really believe that 94% of Covid deaths had pre-existing conditions!

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      2. Loretta Torrago‏ @Loretta_Torrago 31 Aug 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Worth adding that if you take out all the co-morbidities and pre-existing conditions, the result is the only people who die from Covid are the perfectly healthy which is a new kind of disturbing.

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