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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 Feb 5

      Health Nerd Retweeted Prof Francois Balloux

      As an Australian who is going to two parties, dining in-person at a restaurant, and seeing a live show this weekend the idea that #ZeroCovid is not compatible with individual rights and freedoms just seems bizarrely out of touchhttps://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1357776017117560833 …

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      Prof Francois BallouxVerified account @BallouxFrancois
      An excellent read. It gives a good feel for what will likely be the major societal conflict ahead of us. At the risk of being blunt, #ZeroCovid is not compatible with the individual rights and freedoms that characterise postwar democracies. https://unherd.com/2021/02/inside-the-zero-covid-campaign/ …
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    2. Prof Francois Balloux‏Verified account @BallouxFrancois Feb 5
      Replying to @GidMK

      Can you leave Australia, and get back ...

      51 replies 0 retweets 189 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 5
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois

      If necessary, but it is very expensive and difficult. That being said, I would argue this is a vastly more minimal infringement on liberty than the majority of the world right now

      20 replies 4 retweets 246 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 5
      Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

      That being said, the risk of travelling at the moment is extreme, especially with regards to bringing COVID-19 back to the country so I'm not sure why I'd want to leave until other countries have become safe 🤷‍♂️

      4:59 PM - 5 Feb 2021
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        2. Unni Gopinathan‏ @Unni_Gopinathan Feb 5
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          Some countries share land borders w/close family/relatives on the other side.Might be perfectly legitimate reasons (which you may reasonably disagree with) for visiting them,and for feeling that liberties are seriously infringed if this is exceedingly difficult for a long period

          4 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
        3. Federico Andres Lois‏ @federicolois Feb 5
          Replying to @Unni_Gopinathan @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          I was barred from that even inside the same country for a year, having to stand doing nothing while my mother calling crying because she couldn't stand the isolation, and the media bombardment.

          2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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        1. JP‏ @KinKhaoYangKap Feb 6
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          You would if your partner lived in another country and you hadn't seen them for months leading to bouts of depression and mental health struggles.

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        1. Dominique Grey‏ @DominiqueGrey Feb 6
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          Here’s why you might want to: Nephew in Aus desperate to spend Xmas with 89yo grandmother (CHF and Parkinson’s) in CH. 2 weeks quarantine each side, $$$ for travel, understanding boss... Very few are “at liberty” to do this

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        2. Ganesh Kadamur‏ @iamgkadam Feb 6
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          Maybe it's worth to slightly change the take and say, zero covid *now* is not a reasonable choice for most places, except for those that locked down early and hard and never allowed numbers to accumulate beyond a point.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. flyonthewall‏ @onthewall_fly Feb 6
          Replying to @iamgkadam @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          ...or spread widely, even in small numbers.

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        2. Ioana A. Cristea‏ @IoanaA_Cristea Feb 6
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          Half of my immediate family lives in another country, roughly 2 hours away by flight. We used to go back and forth roughly every month. That was not a "vacation", it was "everyday life". Are you implying that until our countries are "safe" (zero COVID) we should no longer meet?

          3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. Ioana A. Cristea‏ @IoanaA_Cristea Feb 6
          Replying to @IoanaA_Cristea @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          If yes, then please own up the implications of this instead of this silly, simplistic caricature of "overseas" travel (an expression that, with all due respect, we don't really...use in Europe) as a whim, vacation, or something superfluous "we can surely do without".

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        1. Callum Brown‏ @IamCeeDeeBee Feb 6
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois

          My fiancé lives in another country and I haven’t seen her for more than a year already. Zero COVID would destroy the lives of so many international families/couples. It’s a dangerous ideology

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