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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Oct 2020

    Health Nerd Retweeted Marc Bevand

    You have to wonder at what point all of the people proudly proclaiming over the last 4 months that Sweden is at herd immunity will admit that they were wronghttps://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1321806754716426240 …

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    Marc Bevand @zorinaq
    «herd immunity» *Dr Evil's air quotes* #Sweden #covid pic.twitter.com/K52EYnoXGT
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Oct 2020

        Should be noted for the people who misunderstand - herd immunity is about CASES. By definition, if you have a massive epidemic, the population is not at herd immunity

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Oct 2020

        A simple way to explain this is the common cold. No one claims that we have "herd immunity" to the cold, despite it being relatively mild. It's just an endemic disease

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Oct 2020

        Ok I've been informed that the common cold is a ~terrible~ example. A better one might be measles or mumps pre vaccination

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      1. David Steadson  🇦🇺 🇸🇪 🇪🇺 🌍‏ @DavidSteadson 29 Oct 2020
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        David Steadson  🇦🇺 🇸🇪 🇪🇺 🌍 Retweeted David Steadson  🇦🇺 🇸🇪 🇪🇺 🌍

        Oh, but we haven't given up on it yet!https://twitter.com/DavidSteadson/status/1321895149849530369?s=20 …

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        David Steadson  🇦🇺 🇸🇪 🇪🇺 🌍 @DavidSteadson
        A key graph from Swedish Public Health Authorities press conference today that many may have missed the implications of. The same one was used back in March. Remember "flatten the curve"? It's back. But there's something important to understand about this graph. pic.twitter.com/Y92OvRYwc8
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      1. Frankie Liverlips‏ @JackTors11245 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        They have already shifted the narrative to "casedemic" and the current low death rates.

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      2. Prof. Gavin Yamey MD MPH‏ @GYamey 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        That will be, um, never. How does never sound? Trying to "reason" with a herd immunity proponent is like trying to persuade a climate change denier.pic.twitter.com/qlhC42Zy4s

        11 replies 56 retweets 209 likes
      3. ELV Hugo‏ @ELVUgo 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GYamey @GidMK

        Actually I would be interested to hear an actual debate on both of these issues between the two sides. Any you can point to?

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      2. Chris Godby‏ @chgodby 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        How do hospitalizations & percent positive look?

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      1. Werner Punz‏ @werpu 29 Oct 2020
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        I had a discussion with one of those, who did not want to believe that sweden is basically following austrias infection curve by 7 - 10 days. She said I was painting doomsday scenarii. I gave her 4 weeks to see it.. sweden again is 7 days behind us in their infection numbers!

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