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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 21 Dec 2020

      It's coming towards the end of the year, and there are still countless people minimizing the pandemic and spreading untruths So I thought I'd do a bit of a thread of FACTS about COVID-19 1/n

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Dec 2020

      2/n Fact 1: the death rate of COVID-19 varies substantially by age, but is high even for relatively young people For example, a 1 in 2,700 risk of death from COVID-19 for a 35 year old, based on our comprehensive paper on the topic https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10654-020-00698-1 …pic.twitter.com/lpN4W6CyKJ

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Dec 2020

      3/n Fact 2: COVID-19 is MUCH more dangerous than influenza For younger age groups, COVID-19 may be similarly lethal. For anyone over 30, it is much worse. @zorinaq has a nice graphic on thispic.twitter.com/e1DUdK1zcd

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Dec 2020

      4/n Fact 3: RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 has a very low rate of false positives. This is both conceptually demonstrable https://virologydownunder.com/the-false-positive-pcr-problem-is-not-a-problem/ … And mathematical facthttps://gidmk.medium.com/most-positive-coronavirus-tests-are-true-positives-60c95fe54fec …

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Dec 2020

      5/n Fact 4: most deaths that are counted as COVID-19 (at least in the US and other developed nations) have COVID-19 as the "underlying" or main cause https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771761 …https://gidmk.medium.com/covid-19-deaths-are-mostly-caused-by-coronavirus-2a6d2d43bd09 …

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Dec 2020

      6/n Fact 5: herd immunity through natural infection is not a way out of the pandemic. It will not bring us "back to normal", and certainly not within the timeframes proposedhttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-25862/v1 …

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    7. Thomas House‏ @TAH_Sci 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      So if it hadn't been vaccine preventable, Europe locks down forever? It irresponsible of you repeatedly to present this as a 'fact' and commentators doing this has led to a situation where UK scientists who talked about HI are now accused of wanting to cull the weak.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @TAH_Sci

      No, that is a complete false dichotomy

      1:03 AM - 22 Dec 2020
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        2. Thomas House‏ @TAH_Sci 22 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Please clarify - it's really toxic in the UK now, this kind of breezy tweet thread hides the complexities and feeds into a popular narrative that when SPI-M spoke about herd immunity it meant deliberately killing the elderly.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Dec 2020
          Replying to @TAH_Sci

          It was never a choice between endless lockdown and an out of control epidemic, i.e. places like Vietnam, Taiwan, and Australia where control has been achieved without such indefinite onerous restrictions

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