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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

Sydney, New South Wales
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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 17 Dec 2020

    The fact that I get a lot of praise for literally just checking that the studies that people reference actually say what those people say they do is a depressing indicator of how rare this sort of basic fact-checking is

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      1. Aidan‏ @allsumnull 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        When I did my PhD I got a copy and read every single reference I included. I think I was unusual in this regard. Many seemed happy to include a "standard reference" based on their supervisor or someone else eminent referencing it in their paper.

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      2. Steve Kenny‏ @stevekenny 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Did you ever think, for one single moment, that you would spend the entire year reading widespread BS on PCR, R values, specificity/sensitivity, FPR's, Koch's postulates, herd immunity etc. like it's commonplace discourse in society?! 🙃

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      3. Ella Trembizki‏ @EllaTrem 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @stevekenny @GidMK

        Who knew😅

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      1. Fabien (Il/He) #Pfizer 2/2  💉 💉‏ @FaBiBuu2 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        You are litteraly the only one I saw debunking the studies on blueberries. Everyone else, even people with great knowledge, fall for it

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      2. Harriet Carroll: To be decided...‏ @angryhacademic 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Had a couple people tell me I'm smart recently and im like err no, i just read things before posting and look claims up. Apparently thats intelligence now 🤷🏻‍♀️

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      3. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @angryhacademic @GidMK

        Can you come on my Facebook feed now and again? I don’t seem to get that level of acknowledgment. Current clubhouse leader is dude who knows how to camp in a tent and “my dad was a surgeon” 🤦‍♂️

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      1. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 17 Dec 2020
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        mmmMMMmmm

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      1. Allister Hill‏ @BoomChatter 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Take that as a lesson for anyone that says 'we have the receipts' & point to a bunch of articles /studies that don't even come close to saying what's asserted (oft when authors make that summation in Results section themselves-with data often belying what the author's surmise).

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      2. Richard Del Rio, Ph.D.‏ @RealDealDelRio 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Its not basic fact-checking. A tool-kit is required to read/contextualize this stuff. Don't belittle the work. You inadverdantly encourage the armchair empidemiologist with 40K followers. This stuff is not beyond common folks reach. But takes patience and work and to get right.

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      3. Clayton Clent‏ @ClaytonClent 17 Dec 2020
        Replying to @RealDealDelRio @GidMK

        This!

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