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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. Richard Morgan‏ @RichardMorgan10 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @0bj3ctivity @JamesDelingpole and

      I wasn’t embarrassed. I was impressed by his eloquence, his knowledge, & his belief in what he is saying. The last tweet I saw from a medical doctor said he refused to treat patients who don’t wear masks so I don’t see any reason to trust someone just because they’re a doctor

      2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
    2. Helen Tea  😊 🌸‏ @HelenTeaPot 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @RichardMorgan10 @JamesDelingpole and

      Exactly. There's some really dodgey medical doctors. Then there's simply those who do clinical care and have no public health skill. Yeadon (assuming that's who he's criticising) is, as he says, eminently qualified to speak on this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Tom Andrews 💙‏ @0bj3ctivity 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @HelenTeaPot @RichardMorgan10 and

      I think he is a nice guy that genuinely thinks he is right and that he is helping. The problem is, I don't think he is either right or helping.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @0bj3ctivity @HelenTeaPot and

      I honestly have no idea who he is or thoughts on his person either way, but he does make a lot of errors both mathematical and epidemiological so most of what he says is factually incorrect about COVID

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. Helen Tea  😊 🌸‏ @HelenTeaPot 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @RichardMorgan10 and

      Those have been my thoughts on you, too.

      3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @HelenTeaPot @RichardMorgan10 and

      Always keen to correct mistakes. What errors have I made?

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    7. Helen Tea  😊 🌸‏ @HelenTeaPot 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @RichardMorgan10 and

      You regularly present 1 preferred conclusion from data as fact (confirmation bias). Eg pre-existing immunity in Asian pops has not been excluded and quite possible. Scientific inquiry would allow debate of possibilities, but as this thread shows, conf bias blocks that option.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @HelenTeaPot @RichardMorgan10 and

      Health Nerd Retweeted Prof. Shane Crotty

      Well, I can't say I'm less immune to confirmation bias than anyone else - we are all human after all - but it isn't really a maths or epi mistake. The specific example you cited of pre-existing immunity has indeed been shown to make little difference i.e.https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1313580981341712386?s=19 …

      Health Nerd added,

      Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty
      1/ Our new perspective piece on “Crossreactive memory T cells and herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2”is out now. @mlipsitch @yonatan @SetteLab @ljiresearch @NatRevImmunol https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-00460-4 … pic.twitter.com/2cea1xIIzr
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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @HelenTeaPot and

      Also important to note that here you're attacking a point that I never actually made - pre-existing immunity in Asian populations - so despite being wrong it's also a bit of a straw man. I'd still love to know of any factual errors I've made 👍

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    10. Helen Tea  😊 🌸‏ @HelenTeaPot 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @RichardMorgan10 and

      Not a strawman but an alternative to your "Asia did well because of masks" conclusion. There's only so much room in a tweet and I only have so much time. Point is you are very conclusive towards your biases and don't pursue scientific inquiry.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @HelenTeaPot @RichardMorgan10 and

      That's not something I've ever said

      7:27 PM - 25 Oct 2020
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        2. Helen Tea  😊 🌸‏ @HelenTeaPot 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @RichardMorgan10 and

          It's a while since I read you so I'm happy to be mistaken on the point re masks vs alternative explanations. But the point remains about confirmation bias, and is in fact why I stopped reading you, there was too much of it. Maths is 1 thing but applied epi something else.

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