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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 Tyler Black, MD

      For those who are interested, some more evidence that the "tsunami of suicides" predicted due to lockdowns has failed to materialisehttps://twitter.com/tylerblack32/status/1357765466601775106 …

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      Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32
      1/ My first estimate for USA Suicide Rates in 2020 is available. This scan represents my best effort to capture every reported number. Though the final rate for 2020 will likely creep up due to lag, it is unlikely to go past 2019 levels. *THE SUICIDE RATE HAS NOT INCREASED* pic.twitter.com/kOZbdw2VSS
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 7

      I actually wrote about the theory behind suicidality and COVID-19 way back in July. Even then, the eventual outcome was very hard to predicthttps://gidmk.medium.com/is-covid-19-causing-suicides-f6c6760afdeb …

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 7

      And some of the other evidence looking at suicide rates during COVID-19 and lockdownshttps://gidmk.medium.com/have-lockdowns-caused-suicides-during-covid-19-dd6b7a741f39 …

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    4. Teddy Petrou‏ @TedPetrou Feb 7
      Replying to @GidMK

      Did you take a look at his sources? More than 90% of the data is missing. 37 states, including 11 of the 12 largest do not have data. 3 months of data is missing for most of the 13. Overdoses are missing. Call data is missing. Emergency department data is missing.

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    5. Teddy Petrou‏ @TedPetrou Feb 7
      Replying to @TedPetrou @GidMK

      Many sources are news articles. From Alaska, overdoses are up significantly as are emergency department visits from suicide ideation in Q2-Q4. Careline calls were up. Here are the sourceshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Qe7JygejkHS0EvWkoBrURbFUyjBk5aYrb-U0gzl3rE/edit#gid=1487714745 …

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 7
      Replying to @TedPetrou

      I think he was very clear about the limitations of this dataset in the thread, yes. And there are many mental health measures that are very useful and important but we are talking here about suicide rates specifically

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    7. Teddy Petrou‏ @TedPetrou Feb 7
      Replying to @GidMK

      Limitations? He said, "*THE SUICIDE RATE HAS NOT INCREASED*". The vast majority of the data was not presented for suicides. How can any scientist make a conclusion from what he shared?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 7
      Replying to @TedPetrou

      You should definitely read the whole thread, because it gives you all the context you would like

      8:50 PM - 7 Feb 2021
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