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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 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      I think about them quite a bit. Even with the advances of the last 5-6 decades, we're fast approaching the same death toll as those pandemics. Imagine how many people would've already died if we only had 1957 treatments

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    2. Oleg Roslak‏ @OlegRoslak 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Correcting for population, we’re only fast approaching half their death tolls (there are 2x as many people now). What justifies the current lockdown measures that weren’t even considered then?

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      Yes, but those were death tolls over two years. We're only 8 months into COVID-19 and already at 50% of the total deaths I'm not justifying anything, just pointing out that the comparison makes COVID-19 even more worrying on most fronts

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    4. Oleg Roslak‏ @OlegRoslak 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      So, at worst, it will be as bad in terms of mortality, except that we will have piled on by destroying lives and livelihoods to no good end on top of it for no purpose. We had better sense 52 years ago.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      Not at all. Those are deaths WITH all of the interventions. Without the interventions, we might expect a vastly higher death toll even with the advances in medical science over the last few decades

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    6. Oleg Roslak‏ @OlegRoslak 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      The NPIs spread deaths. They don’t prevent deaths.

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      In the same sense, NPIs 'spread' money they don't 'lose' money

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    8. Oleg Roslak‏ @OlegRoslak 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      I guess there was no reason to expect you’d be any better at economics

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      Lol if the best you've got to offer is disingenuous tripe, why would I respond with anything else?

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    10. Oleg Roslak‏ @OlegRoslak 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      What have I said that is either disingenuous OR false?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Sep 2020
      Replying to @OlegRoslak

      Mate, I'm not giving you more of my time. You can look back down the thread and consider for yourself, once people start insulting me I'm out 👋

      5:42 PM - 17 Sep 2020
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