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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. PHI PHI PHI, MD‏ @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD 21 Sep 2020
      Replying to @Hoytster @GidMK @MackayIM

      I would say the opposite. Yes PCR fragments are no longer infectious or contagious but in that instance it represents someone who almost certainly was positive even just a few days prior. Knowing this is very important so their contacts can isolate.

      4 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    2. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD @Hoytster and

      There’s no way to conclude a “few days prior”. Please post scientific facts. Not only is the high cycle threshold yielding crap, its also not studying in any way that the past infection was “days” ago.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MoreeSpinne @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD and

      But there is. By testing contacts before they become symptomatic (or shortly after exposure for those who don't become symptomatic)

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD and

      Yes and that happens in what percentage of these cases for you to state it as a pervasive fact?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. PHI PHI PHI, MD‏ @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD 28 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MoreeSpinne @MackayIM and

      I feel like you are trying to ask ‘what is an infectious disease?’ There actually is a lot written on the subject online and elsewhere. Yeah COVID caused by SARS-CoV-2 is a new thing and we need to learn about it specifically but we can use the rest of biology generally.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD @MackayIM and

      That’s not at all what’s being discussed. Covid is infectious. But we are over measuring who is infectious. A vast number of people found “positive” aren’t infectious anymore and likely haven’t been for a while. That’s the point. If you are willfully unable to understand, well..

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    7. PHI PHI PHI, MD‏ @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MoreeSpinne @MackayIM and

      Sure it is. The question is in which communities are there active infections is exactly why we have testing. It’s a joke to think that the individual who had a positive PCR didn’t get it from someone who was infectious and didn’t pass it on to someone else.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD @MackayIM and

      You’re missing the point. Where one got it, etc is completely irrelevant. The person had it. Long ago. Doesn’t have it anymore. With a CT of 40+ you’ll still find that dead virus remnants. This person is NoT infectious. Either you get this simple fact, or you don’t.

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    9. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MoreeSpinne @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD and

      If only you understood how what you said can be so very wrong. But you don't. And you're not asking, just telling, so there's little chance to step through your misunderstanding and fill some knowledge gaps.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    10. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MackayIM @PHI_PHI_PHI_MD and

      Right. Top professors in the world have explained this in the simple way it merits explaining. But no, you’re on to some magical wisdom that you cannot explain yourself. Got it. Good luck..

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MoreeSpinne @MackayIM and

      You're literally talking to an acknowledged world expert, who is in fact a professor, telling you that you are wrong

      7:10 PM - 29 Sep 2020
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        2. Moree Spinne‏ @MoreeSpinne 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

          I have slightly better professors telling me what I will believe. Such is the state of science. Thanks for the chat.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @MoreeSpinne @MackayIM and

          I mean, either that or you are wrong. Might be worth considering that you've misinterpreted given that an expert in the area has just told you that you are incorrect 👍

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        1. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan 30 Sep 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MoreeSpinne and

          Re: "You're literally talking to an acknowledged world expert" It's easy to tell the non-experts who don't know what "PCR" is, never went to medical school, have no clue how diagnostics works in infectious disease (ex: the role of PCR, antibodies, etc. in diagnosis), or....

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