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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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    2. Dr Zoë Hyde‏ @DrZoeHyde Feb 27
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois

      This is a complete misrepresentation of both what I said, and the contents of the paper, @BallouxFrancois. Nowhere did I call for “mass-anal swabbing.” Rather, I suggested it may have a role to play in improving research. I request you retract your comments and apologise.

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    4. Dr Zoë Hyde‏ @DrZoeHyde Feb 27
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois

      Dr Zoë Hyde Retweeted Dr Zoë Hyde

      I deleted the tweet because I was attacked by trolls. I subsequently wrote a new one, clearly indicating I was referring to this kind of testing in the research setting. You are misrepresenting what I said. You know this, because you clearly read the paper. This is defamatory.https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1365543779885670401 …

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      Dr Zoë Hyde @DrZoeHyde
      (17/22) I had to delete this tweet, because an army of trolls started retweeting it. It was about this study: ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1771219 … Nasal swabs can be negative, so faecal testing might improve detection in household contact studies. Thread resumes: https://twitter.com/drzoehyde/status/1365292507056144391?s=21 …
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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 27
      Replying to @DrZoeHyde @BallouxFrancois

      Yes it is rather remarkable the lengths people are going to misinterpret what you said. Impressive intellectual dishonesty

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde

      It was a thread about bias in research and the issues with population prevalence estimates. I think it is perfectly clear what was meant, although I'm not really surprised any more at academic incivility on Twitter/elsewhere

      10:54 AM - 28 Feb 2021
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        1. Ken Maclean‏ @kenpcg Feb 28
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde

          Fascinating how the ones that took the greatest umbrage were non-MD Med Sci academics. Clinicians have a better notion of what is acceptable to a Pt population. A blood draw in a two year is far more distressing than any surface swab.

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        1. Stephen Dugmore‏ @StephenBDugmore Feb 28
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde

          That may be so. But it was not perfectly clear what was not meant. And amounts to very poor wording in the context of a discussion involving children.

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