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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 28 Sep 2020

      This is a really interesting paper on COVID-19 transmission in kids vs adults Key take-homes: - contact tracing identifies fewer kids than adults - this may not be true for teens - whether this means < transmission is unclearhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2771181?guestAccessKey=e9d2588c-966e-451c-a2a0-234f4f73d7f9 …

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Sep 2020

      The conclusion is just a beautifully written piece of scientific language that sums up the study perfectly, so I thought I'd show it here in fullpic.twitter.com/dYtw267EG3

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 Sep 2020

      Basically: Children may be less likely to get COVID-19 than adults, BUT we don't know this for sure and we have no idea if this impacts their likelihood of transmitting the disease to others

      8:18 PM - 28 Sep 2020
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        1. moose‏ @mizmoose 28 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          It doesn't include the totally scientific statement that small children are high speed cootie factories. (esp. given that they're known virus mosh pits for the flu...)

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        1. Julia L Bach‏ @JuliaLBach8 28 Sep 2020
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          We still can’t prove negatives, and shouldn’t try to, right? So why isn’t data indicating children are probably less likely to get it enough to open our schools?

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        1. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 28 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          This is an open question for months now, and yet we don't have more data, because most countries' official recommendation already assume young children don't spread the virus and are not to be traced (or even tested!). So frustrating.

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        1. Kate  ❤️ 💙 💜 🌹 🌺 🌷 🌻‏ @Kateliveco1G 29 Sep 2020
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          That’s not very reassuring if you are now in school with few risk mitigation measures.

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        1. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 30 Sep 2020
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          Starving Engineer Retweeted CDDEP

          Good timing: here is a big tracing study. I let you read the results.https://mobile.twitter.com/CDDEP/status/1311322250226929666 …

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          Largest contact tracing study to date published in @ScienceMagazine led by CDDEP finds that children are active transmitters of #COVID-19. The study also finds superspreading is common; 70% of patients do not infect any of their contacts. Read: http://ow.ly/RhII50BFxtf  pic.twitter.com/jjkNfnKPi3
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