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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 21 Nov 2020

    "It's just a bad flu" as if 1. That isn't a lie (it is) 2. Influenza wasn't really bad as well (it is)

    7:12 PM - 21 Nov 2020
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    • Ben Rebecca Fletcher Tom Young Andrei Kucharavy Maria hauschel I'll be eating ALL the cakes Stephen MTL says please get vaxxed when you can! Scientist Goes Pop
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      1. Carrie Conrad‏ @ExperimentsRFun 21 Nov 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        I've had the flu twice. Even if it were just "as bad" as the flu, I wouldn't want it. The flu sucks! I wish people would wake-up and accept COVID for what it is, deadly and if you survive, life altering.

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      1. NeitherConfirmNorDeny‏ @ConfirmNor 21 Nov 2020
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        Like most viral infections, severity depends on many factors including the initial exposure dose.

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      1. Edward Arthur‏ @EdwardArthur5 22 Nov 2020
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        And 2. is further compounded by the fact that many folk confuse a stinking cold with influenza.

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      1. Tara‏ @EndemicPrepared 22 Nov 2020
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        Great tweet & thread! I want to add the Died ‘with’ Covid (+/-Co-morbidities) or ‘from’ Covid. Simultaneously undermines the human experience of Covid & its controlpic.twitter.com/NFR7pG4kj7

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      1. Palomas Explosivas‏ @PExplosivas 22 Nov 2020
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        Most people conflate the common cold with the flu. The cold rarely causes fever in adults, mild body aches at most. It's mostly annoying, lots of nasal secretion (runny nose). The flu is a whole different thing. Fever, often high. Body aches, fatigue, horrible dry cough.

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      1. Derek Mereweather‏ @jdmereweather 22 Nov 2020
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        I've heard that being shot is "like a bad mosquito bite".

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      1. George Beckingham‏ @GBeckingham 22 Nov 2020
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        The greatest trick the flu ever pulled was convincing the world it was just a cold.

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      1. Steven Senior‏ @stevensenior 22 Nov 2020
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        Reminds me of a really bad take in Wired from earlier in the pandemic essentially ‘at worst it’s no worse than 1918 flu’. Well that’s OK then.

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