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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 10 Nov 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Aaron Ginn

      Aside from anything else, it is remarkably reprehensible to refer to the elderly as "dry tinder", as if they're just waiting around to diehttps://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1326186855289692160 …

      Health Nerd added,

      Aaron Ginn @aginnt
      "The high death toll has been attributed to the soft lockdown, but Sweden had a remarkably mild flu season in 2018 and 2019. Many vulnerable souls who normally would have died of the flu survived to April 2020 and, then, sadly died from COVID instead." https://www.aier.org/article/swedens-dry-tinder-accounts-for-many-covid-19-deaths/ …
      21 replies 24 retweets 160 likes
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020

      I often wonder how the grandparents/parents of these people must feel. Maybe they don't know anyone over the age of 60?

      5 replies 2 retweets 46 likes
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    3. Merja Rantala‏ @merja_rantala 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      What if this is just discussion about potential reasons which could explain why e.g death rate is so different between the countries? In my opinion, rising oneself over the others with moralistic emotional comments is not the way how our understanding increases. It stops dialogue

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @merja_rantala

      Nah it's scientific nonsense as well. The impact of a lighter flu season is tiny in comparison to the COVID-19 death count, plus the year before was a very severe one as well

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    5. Merja Rantala‏ @merja_rantala 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Though in Sweden the year before flu sesson was not severe but very mild. Anyway, I don't say that this would give any comprehensive explanations. There is much nonsense these days, but even more very confirm voices what is nonsense. Yet derogating comments are the most nonsense

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @merja_rantala

      No, I mean that the 18/19 season was relatively mild, but the 17/18 season was severe, so the argument is wrong regardless

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Merja Rantala‏ @merja_rantala 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Are we looking at the same graph? In SWE 16-17, 17-18 and 18-19 were all mild, weren't they? 18-19 was the mildest. As I said, I don't think this offers the whole explanation although might/might not at tiny part explain something. But back to the topic, I think you got my point

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @merja_rantala

      Here's the public health agency report from 2017-18. Deaths higher than the previous 5 years, although only a little bit higher than 15/16 which was worse for 40-64 year oldspic.twitter.com/cXC2Z6aiw9

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Merja Rantala‏ @merja_rantala 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      So we were looking at different graphs then! This is the paper suggesting it (among others): all cause mortality curves were compared between the Nordic countries. I don't have any strong opinion on this, an interesting view though. My point was elsewhere https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3674138 …

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @merja_rantala

      Lol, I'd trust the public health agency's official report over a preprint by a political think tank!

      2:28 PM - 10 Nov 2020
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        1. Merja Rantala‏ @merja_rantala 10 Nov 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          I don't blame on that. Still missing the point? 🙂 🤔

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