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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 14 Oct 2020

    Health Nerd Retweeted Allison Pearson

    In a similar vein, we could save large sums by abolishing all hospitals, as they too only delay deathhttps://twitter.com/AllisonPearson/status/1316282095279407106 …

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    Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson
    Lockdown does NOT save lives. It postpones deaths. You end up with the same number of deaths. You just prolong the crisis. Can this country stop being anti-science? We may as well be examining animal entrails.
    10:23 PM - 14 Oct 2020
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    • Trevor P the sailing science shill ⛵️ Suraj Motwani Dr Steve Moss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍🎓👨‍🔬👨‍💻👨‍🏫🧐💙 Claire Thurwood ⚘ Margie 🌸👩🏻‍⚕️ 😷🐇 Amy Coopes Chris Harrod I'm so very very tired
    28 replies 99 retweets 462 likes
      1. Operational Incident‏ @OperationalInc1 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Someone will absolutely take you up on this in earnest

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      1.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Burn!

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      1. Coastsider‏ @bglazebrook26 14 Oct 2020
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        Everyone needs to buy an epidemiologist a drink after this is over.

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      1. Craig Johnson‏ @craigzjohnson 14 Oct 2020
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        Would definitely cut down on deaths due to medical accidents

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      2.  🧂Michelle_Hart 🧂 ( ♿)‏ @AussieCosplay 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @monika_dryburgh

        Oh, and water sanitation plants. What a waste of taxpayer money.

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      3. 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚎 𝙿𝚘𝚖  💉 💉 🇦🇺 🇬🇧‏ @Pommster76 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @AussieCosplay @GidMK @monika_dryburgh

        I can see this heading towards the “What have the Romans ever done for us?” scene in Life of Brian.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Rémi Vachon‏ @BanjoBouchon 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        We all know that there is a limit to everything. We would obviously spend 1$ to save the life of a 5yo, we would obviously not spend a 100B$ to save the life of a 98 yo. There is a line somewhere between.

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      1. Abundant Pedestrian Sheds‏ @AbundantLandUse 14 Oct 2020
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        pic.twitter.com/Qrw0MZTYGo

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      2. IrmaGherd (Retired Nurse Thug) ✳ 💉 💉‏ @maureenchuck1 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        There have been some great burns of this tweet but yours is the best so far. Seriously, isn't that the whole purpose of medicine - to delay deaths?

        2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @maureenchuck1

        Well, yes

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