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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 13 Dec 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Nate Silver

      Does...does Nate just not understand externalities at all?https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1338179327649853440 …

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      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      It's gonna be a while before we've had a chance to vaccinate everyone who wants one. But once that's happened I'm going to be vehemently against any lockdowns, restrictions on association, etc. If you've turned down the chance to protect yourself and others, the burden is on you.
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Dec 2020

      What we should do is stop once we've vaccinated only those who really want the vaccine because there's no way that will leave a huge pool of people to spread the disease around

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Dec 2020

      I mean, it's not like we can use various levers to incentivise people to get vaccinated, or ensure longer-term control of the pandemic

      11:13 AM - 13 Dec 2020
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        1. Nurit Baytch‏ @NuritBaytch 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          yep, the IATA could require airplane passengers to show proof of vaccination

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        2. Mr. Doug‏ @TheFr3shMak3r 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Fair enough, but how long should folks keep their lives on hold until the anti-vaxxers are sufficiently incentivized?

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        3. Benjamin Chung‏ @ckfinite 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @TheFr3shMak3r @GidMK

          Until enough people are vaccinated that Rt is below 1. Hopefully, achieving this will be a function of availability, not how many anti-vaxxers there are...

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. Lila "In Search of the Denominator" Ralston‏ @epicdemiologist 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Come on, revenge is way more important than saving lives, and NO ONE could possibly spread this disease to a person who CAN'T be vaccinated!

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Lila "In Search of the Denominator" Ralston‏ @epicdemiologist 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @epicdemiologist @GidMK

          And dependent children of antivaxxers should be infected b/c if they'd wanted to be safe, they'd have picked better parents!

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Steve Blake‏ @SteveEpiGroupie 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Once people see vaccinated people are not getting sick and the reactions to the vaccines are minor the anti-vax sentiment will fade away except for a few kooks.

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