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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 24

    Some fascinating new data on 2020 deaths in Australia from @ABSStats: - no excess mortality - a modest (-0.8%) DECREASE in deaths - biggest driver of the decrease is the massive (-37%) reduction in flu deaths https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/provisional-mortality-statistics/latest-release …pic.twitter.com/LfHTnyqXdp

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 24

        Pretty amazing that, despite the spike in COVID-19 deaths from the Victorian outbreak, there was ~no~ excess mortality during winter because the number of deaths directly attributable to influenza fell from a yearly average of ~900 to 42

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 24

        Also interesting - despite lockdowns and restrictions, at worst only very minor increases in deaths due to diabetes, cancer, or CVD, and a modest reduction in deaths due to COPD (probably flu related)pic.twitter.com/QQ6eYitfNW

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 24

        Small note of caution - this is provisional data, which the ABS warns may only represent ~95% of the total, so the numbers may change slightly before being finalized

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      5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 24

        Anyway, this provides quite strong evidence against the idea that government restrictions are necessarily associated with large numbers of non-COVID deaths, at least in the short term. The long term is of course still an open question

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      2. Wear a mask for the kids‏ @BachFancy Feb 24
        Replying to @GidMK @ABSStats

        How long until someone who doesn’t read the details adds this to their Covid19 is a hoax files?

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      3. Punderstruck‏ @Punderstruck Feb 24
        Replying to @BachFancy @GidMK @ABSStats

        Exactly my question!

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      1. Karen Cutter‏ @KarenCutter4 Feb 24
        Replying to @GidMK @migga @ABSStats

        There was clearly excess mortality in the first wave (Mar/Apr). This was offset by lower mortality later in the year, driven by ALL respiratory disease deaths, not just flu.

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      1. © Run & Ride on Bacon  🥓 ☕©‏ @lovinLCHF Feb 24
        Replying to @GidMK @migga @ABSStats

        Hopefully this will continue for years to come when we realise how to wash, distance & stay home when sick from now on during flu season.

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      1.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ‏ @LackOfToast Feb 24
        Replying to @GidMK @ABSStats

        In 2020 there were 1,647 fewer deaths registered in NZ than in 2019, a 5% drop. Annual death totals are trending lower, but most of that is attributable to lockdowns and physical distancing.

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      2. Dmitry Kobak‏ @hippopedoid Feb 25
        Replying to @GidMK @ABSStats

        They should not compare 2020 with the 2015-19 average, but instead take the trend into account, as @ArielKarlinsky and I do in our work. We get 3% decrease, not 0.8%. That's because there was in increasing trend in 2015-19, so our baseline is higher. https://github.com/dkobak/excess-mortality/ …

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 25
        Replying to @hippopedoid @ABSStats @ArielKarlinsky

        They don't lol that was just my back of the envelope calculation

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