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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. raging_steel‏ @raging_steel 28 Sep 2020

      raging_steel Retweeted Russell Viner

      @GidMK @DrZoeHyde any views on this? Getting attention in UK to say kids are safe & "should be tested less" (which feels like a big FU to teachers & vulnerable family who'd appreciate testing for kids where appropriate). I have a bias of caution, so any real insight appreciated.https://twitter.com/russellviner/status/1310542680913575939 …

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      Russell Viner @russellviner
      Our new large meta-analysis shows children have a 44% lower odds of catching COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 than adults https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamanetwork.com%2Fjournals%2Fjamapediatrics%2Ffullarticle%2F10.1001%2Fjamapediatrics.2020.4573%3FguestAccessKey%3De9d2588c-966e-451c-a2a0-234f4f73d7f9%26utm_source%3Djps%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dauthor_alert-jamanetwork%26utm_content%3Dauthor-author_engagement%26utm_term%3D1m&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfbe98e80f5e44f781f5308d8635ac59b%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C637368588803737853&sdata=XwfucoKuvMLl%2FywGHvtu4crv%2BqgqR6Sojo9S76TpFCY%3D&reserved=0 …
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @raging_steel @DrZoeHyde

      Hm, that's an interesting paper. Technically what they've shown is that the odds of BEING A CHILD in a contact-tracing study as a secondary infection is 44% lower, which is not quite what that tweet implies. A strange way to run the analysispic.twitter.com/9CDZHAdNL4

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @raging_steel @DrZoeHyde

      Generally it seems like their main conclusion - that contact tracing rarely finds as many children with secondary infections as adults - is true But what that means seems to me like a complex question

      7:55 PM - 28 Sep 2020
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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @raging_steel @DrZoeHyde

          Also have to be VERY careful how we define 'children' here - the study mostly looked at people under the age of 10, for teenagers the results may look very different

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