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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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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 3

      Statements made by @MichaelYeadon3 by date, against the number of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in the UK At a certain point, I do wonder why people still listenpic.twitter.com/I8eoh5rJpc

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 3

      And yes, for anyone interested in facts, most positive SARS-CoV-2 tests are true positives (even in the UK), this is not some conspiracy but actually quite simple mathematicshttps://gidmk.medium.com/most-positive-coronavirus-tests-are-true-positives-60c95fe54fec …

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 4

          "This is just like previous years' influenza" In 2017/18 and 18/19 the peak admissions across the UK to ICU/HDU units for flu did not top 300 per week, making the current situation at least 5x worse than your average season And it's getting worsepic.twitter.com/J9rHhIZRwX

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 4

          Sorry, I should've said at least 5x worse than THE WORST WEEK DURING YOUR AVERAGE FLU SEASON Which is huge

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        2. Philip Carter‏ @PhilipCarterGP Jan 3
          Replying to @GidMK

          "False positives" are sometimes mentioned in press conferences but may refer to a patient who had a past infection but still has viral fragments detectable. So the patient was a false positive, not the test.

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        3. Noble Guardian‏ @NobleGuardianIE Jan 3
          Replying to @PhilipCarterGP @GidMK

          People, including medics, or often not good at either understanding or expressing this.

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        1. IVOTEDLEAVE #SackTheLot‏ @IVOTEDLEAVE3 Jan 3
          Replying to @GidMK

          😅 facts!!!

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        2. bam‏ @bam57581565 Jan 4
          Replying to @GidMK

          It's been clearly demonstrated statistically that, in the current circumstances, the vast majority of PCR tests can only be false positives. That's not even accounting for the fact that beyond 25 cycles these tests become totally meaningless anyway. They are using >35 cycles!

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        3. Mr. B‏ @yeahnaa333 Jan 4
          Replying to @bam57581565 @GidMK

          Good grief... educate yourself and stop believing something you read in a meme or from uncredible sources.

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        1. Andy Other ™‏ @Anne_Other1 Feb 1
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          Andy Other ™ Retweeted Andy Other ™

          We don't know about the false positives but we do know for certain that many people testing positive in mass programs will be "late positives" and hence not infectious. Denial of the problems with PCR testing and the other Covid dogmas has helped no-one.https://twitter.com/Anne_Other1/status/1355270662575808515?s=19 …

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          Andy Other ™ @Anne_Other1
          Thread on ONS Infection Survey data and what may be revealed by the Ct data for England. This from datasets accompanying report of Jan 29, data tables 6b, 8a,b. (Like 1f) All positive tests in blue, estimated number with Ct < 24 in red. London. Declining quite fast. pic.twitter.com/xgTvUhT6Vw
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