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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 Jan 10

    "Lockdowns don't work, you can't control COVID-19 with govt restrictions!" Pretty much every state in Australia has now controlled an exponential outbreak using a variety of restrictions, if we can do it you can too

    2:16 AM - 10 Jan 2021
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 10

        Hopefully we can get enough people vaccinated by mid-2021 to help alleviate the issue anyway, but it remains remarkably ignorant to say that govt action can't control COVID-19 outbreaks when it very clearly can

        4 replies 17 retweets 200 likes
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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 10

        Whether you WANT to control the disease with such measures is a very different question, but the obvious fact that you CAN is really not up for debate

        6 replies 17 retweets 228 likes
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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 10

        "But seasons 🙃🙃🙃" Victoria controlled their biggest outbreak during the winter, and in NSW where I live the biggest outbreak since April happened in summer

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      2. Zacki‏ @FrankfurtZack Jan 10
        Replying to @GidMK

        Zacki Retweeted Zacki

        Kenya and Nigeria are even better. Why do you always talk about Aistralia?https://twitter.com/FrankfurtZack/status/1348206375113994245?s=20 …

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        Zacki @FrankfurtZack
        Everybody is talking about Australia as a good example for Government Response to COVID19. But why does nobody talk about the outstanding people of Kenya, who do also social distancing at an expert level? They have an even lower death toll per Population. pic.twitter.com/ZDhThiqhNA
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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 10
        Replying to @FrankfurtZack

        I live in Sydney

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      2. Viljami‏ @enjoyingthewind Jan 10
        Replying to @GidMK

        Viljami Retweeted Robert Greenhill

        Canada is also an interesting case to study - as they have inside the country two different strategies in action - with different results too:https://mobile.twitter.com/RobertGreenhill/status/1345082820159541249 …

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        Robert Greenhill @RobertGreenhill
        Canada presently has 2 COVID strategies: 1 is working; 1 is failing. The 4 Atlantic Provinces & 3 territories have a successful near-zero COVID strategy. Near-zero COVID strategies around the world demonstrate superior performance in resisting the COVID 2nd wave. 2/ pic.twitter.com/L5SQK20m38
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        3 replies 8 retweets 12 likes
      3. Mikko Heikkilä  😊‏ @1st_sealord Jan 10
        Replying to @enjoyingthewind @GidMK

        So is US. Like Florida and South Dakota vs California and North Dakota.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Zach Hensel‏ @alchemytoday Jan 10
        Replying to @GidMK

        We’re going through another cycle of this w/ some now-published Ioannidis article that is just laughably wrong.

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      1. Evan Blecher‏ @evanblecher Jan 10
        Replying to @GidMK

        Something that doesn't get enough attention is the absence of any functional contract tracing system & testing strategy in many countries. Effectiveness of lockdowns diminish quickly when it's not backed-up by basic public health. Aus backed up lockdowns with good public health!

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 10
        Replying to @adrian66777981

        We did it in NSW with contact tracing, testing, border control, and other public health measures 🤷‍♂️

        2 replies 3 retweets 50 likes
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