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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
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

      Sorry, you're right - I was thinking about people with symptomatic disease

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    2. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @drvyom

      ?? Sorry, that doesn't make sense since it wasn't an exclusion criterion & differentiating between these people is a high-level objective of the trial.

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

      Wait now I'm confusing myself. The exclusion criteria specify that people with previous COVID-19 are not included in the studypic.twitter.com/ltxMvjIURJ

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    4. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @drvyom

      Yes, from the way you described it. (Need to spend more time with the protocol.)

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

      Protocol is somewhat unclear tbh. People with current infections definitely 'delayed' recruitment until they got better. Exclusion criteria also quite specific. But as you point out, this seems in conflict with the specified outcomes unless 'infection' does not mean COVID-19

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    6. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @drvyom

      I don't think it's unclear: I think it's impressive - any good protocol is packed with detail & you just need to be precise & spend the necessary time before jumping to conclusions. (There's levels/adequacy of testing/screening & people get through: FDA wants to know about them)

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @drvyom

      Sure, but every participant had a serological test for COVID-19 prior to being included in the study. So no one with a current infection, no one with antibodies, and no one with a previous clinical diagnosis. You'd imagine some people will still get in, but not many surely

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    8. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @drvyom

      Can't remember details off the top of my head & not spending time on it now. You might be rating the accuracy of tests/screening across those months higher than is justified. 😜

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    9. MarcBurton‏ @MarcBurton 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @GidMK @drvyom

      I love you both so much* * In a pure admiration kind of way. Not a creepy love love kind of way.

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    10. Hilda Bastian, PhD‏ @hildabast 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @MarcBurton @GidMK @drvyom

      We're both Australian (which explains a lot), & I'm also German (which explains a lot, too).

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 10 Nov 2020
      Replying to @hildabast @MarcBurton @drvyom

      I'm also British, which I suppose explains something as well 😂

      7:30 PM - 10 Nov 2020
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