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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 16 Sep 2020

    The problem with the question of whether COVID-19 is as bad as the 1918 influenza pandemic: how could we really know the answer?pic.twitter.com/1Jd8UVvZzG

    6:54 PM - 16 Sep 2020
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Sep 2020

        The point is not that the 1918 pandemic wasn't a global tragedy, it's that comparisons are fraught when the world has changed so drastically in 100 years

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      1. Chiropractic is Quackery‏ @ChiroQuackery 16 Sep 2020
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        Well, if you listened to chiropractors back in March, you'd have heard them talking about how awesome chiropractic did in curing and preventing #influenza... Not so much anymore. Back to business as usual.pic.twitter.com/EbwfbSCxzf

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      1. Julia L Bach‏ @JuliaLBach8 16 Sep 2020
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        Exit bonus question: How do we know COVID isn’t a data artifact?

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      2. Ritchie Trilnack‏ @trilnack 16 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        What is that excerpt from?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Sep 2020
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        Oh right forgot to link to the paper. Here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44447656.pdf …

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      1. David Penington  💉 💉AZ #NotABotOrTrot‏ @DavidPenington2 16 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        How many of those hospitalized for COVID today would survive with 1918 levels of care? No extra oxygen, no asthma medicines, no antibiotics for secondary infections, no steroids to reduce cytokines, no blood thinners, no ICU. Not even manual ventilation.

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      1. Andrew Dickson‏ @AndrewD_28 16 Sep 2020
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        its unimportant at the end of the day - health professionals and epidemiologists will survey the smoking ruins they've helped create through panic, and continue to double down on "at least we saved you from THIS [insert nightmare numbers]"

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