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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 21 Sep 2020

    Health Nerd Retweeted Adam Creighton

    One of the weirdest parts of the pandemic has been watching economists, who I always assumed could read and understand graphs, fail to read and understand graphshttps://twitter.com/Adam_Creighton/status/1305818362631479297 …

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    Adam CreightonVerified account @Adam_Creighton
    The Great Pandemic of 2020. Be afraid. Be very afraid. 😱 pic.twitter.com/u2ewYm9iun
    9:14 PM - 21 Sep 2020
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

        If nothing else, without limiting the deaths from all causes to countries with active outbreaks this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

        For another, the source appears to be...a climate scientist from France? How did this person get accurate death data for worldwide fatalities with no lag? Or are they using some historical dataset or extrapolation?

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Sep 2020

        Also, not casting aspersions on all economists here, most of whom are perfectly able to read a graph. It has just been strange seeing the few who can't do so badly

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      1. Cheryl‏ @cherylanne78 21 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        No way they don't understand if that's their training. Dishonesty to suit their agenda.

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      2. Sam O'Riil‏ @Semoriil 21 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        That graph begs for question if we had hit our testing capacity limit worldwide somewhere in August...

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      3. Sam O'Riil‏ @Semoriil 21 Sep 2020
        Replying to @Semoriil @GidMK

        I doubt we had found way to stop spread of this disease with opening schools, colleges, etc. But there's no steady rise of cases number?..🤔

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      1. Andreas Backhaus‏ @AndreasShrugged 21 Sep 2020
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        He only has a bachelor. We learn linear algebra as undergraduates, reading graphs is graduate school stuff.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/Adam%20Creighton …

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      1. Kees Willems‏ @KeesWillems2 22 Sep 2020
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        Scary Mountain, very Scary

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      2. Garreth McDaid‏ @garrethmcdaid 22 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Saying that something is not apocalyptic is not the same as saying something isn't serious.

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      3. Victor Sanchez‏ @Welltakenfree 22 Sep 2020
        Replying to @garrethmcdaid @GidMK

        Look at the graphs for 'deaths from covid' in the UK. There is no second wave tsunami. The 'wave' broke in mid April. There's simply no justification for further restrictions. The vulnerable have to take responsibility of their own safety & everyone else has to help them.

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