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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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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted casey briggs

      As a resident of NSW, have to say this is a remarkable achievement. Well done @NSWHealth!https://twitter.com/CaseyBriggs/status/1308210768194596866 …

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      casey briggsVerified account @CaseyBriggs
      #BREAKING New South Wales has reported no locally acquired coronavirus cases today, for the first day in more than two months
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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

      For context for international followers, the state managed to get down to zero locally acquired cases while RELAXING restrictions through a test/trace approach and some health promotion Quite remarkable

      6:13 PM - 21 Sep 2020
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      • DeeCee Eddie Chalk Dr Vyom Sharma (ethnic mum) Thatcher Ulrich Pog Chain Reaction she/her/hers National Picnic Crab 🦀🇦🇺 Jennifer Anne Grant Jediphone PJ Lloyd 💚 #FBPE
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

          Worth noting that this is just one day, chances are there's still ~some~ local transmission, but to have the numbers go from doubling within a week to 0 is still quite impressive!

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

          Also worth pointing out that being able to do this is not surprising - South Korea has done it (twice!) and other places as well

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        2. WatsonsTroops‏ @WatsonsTroops1 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          They've done well, but lots particularly here in Vic Andres supporters don't believe the numbers - but its hard to cover, if numbers were increasing as they were here, you'd be seeing hospital, ICU, ventilator, death numbers/funerals going up considering how long its been

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @WatsonsTroops1

          As a professional epidemiologist I find it vanishingly unlikely that there is a hidden epidemic in NSW right now. It is not entirely out of the bounds of possibility, but the most likely explanation for reported cases being low is that there are few cases

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        2. Amy Coopes‏Verified account @coopesdetat 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Don't tell the Harvard guy

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @coopesdetat

          Which one tho there are too many these days being wrong

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

          Not really, there was a base of no transmission, then the Vic outbreak spread here, with increasing numbers of local transmission, and now the transmissions are back down to 0 locally (at least for 1 day)

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        1. o rly?‏ @Reasonableques3 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          This is the important thing. Being able to keep control and reduce spread without shutting everything down is critical Once again, follow E Asian nations (& some in Europe) for best practice and avoid hyper partisan BS and stop-start policy that destroys health and $

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        1. Aidan‏ @allsumnull 21 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Yes it is.

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