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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. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Kelly Ellis

      It's fascinating what turns out to work in terms of helping people if you ignore empty moralizations about what we should and shouldn't do This is but one examplehttps://twitter.com/justkelly_ok/status/1314720560333553664 …

      Health Nerd added,

      The preliminary findings, which will be peer-reviewed next year, show that those who received cash were able to find stable housing faster, on average. By comparison, those who didn't receive cash lagged about 12 months behind in securing more permanent housing.

People who received cash were able to access the food they needed to live faster. Nearly 70% did after one month, and maintained greater food security throughout the year.

The recipients spent more on food, clothing and rent, while there was a 39% decrease in spending on goods like alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.
      Kelly EllisVerified account @justkelly_ok
      "If you give money to homeless people they'll just spend it on drugs and alcohol." Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/americas/direct-giving-homeless-people-vancouver-trnd/index.html … pic.twitter.com/SDmLU4g8lq
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      For example, there's good evidence that an effective treatment for heroin abuse disorder is prescription (safe) heroinhttps://www.bmj.com/content/327/7410/310 …

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      Safe injecting spaces - while counter-intuitive because you're assisting people in taking drugs - are arguably the most effective way to reduce the harms of some illegal drugshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685449/ …

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      While it's a complex relationship to untangle, there's quite compelling evidence that providing high-quality healthcare to prisoners saves money and reduces crimehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113431/ …

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      Conversely, cashless welfare, which is popular because we love to moralise about what people do with the money the govt gives them, are very unlikely to achieve their stated aimshttps://theconversation.com/theres-mounting-evidence-against-cashless-debit-cards-but-the-government-is-ploughing-on-regardless-123763 …

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 9 Oct 2020

      So honestly I find it completely unsurprising that, it some cases, the cheapest thing to do for homeless people is to give them money, even if that seems counter-intuitive to some

      11:00 PM - 9 Oct 2020
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        1. Sebastien Boucher‏ @SebBoucher 10 Oct 2020
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          https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714 …pic.twitter.com/iUS1KnwqRL

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        1. Sebastien Boucher‏ @SebBoucher 10 Oct 2020
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          This seems like a set of strong arguments for UBI (Universal Basic Income)

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        1. Steve Blake‏ @SteveEpiGroupie 10 Oct 2020
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          How about drawing a conclusion in comparison with a programme that wasn't totally botched (theoretically one should exist somewhere) with the mess in East Kimberly.

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