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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. 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 …

      Dr Zoë Hyde added,

      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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      27 replies 16 retweets 270 likes
    2. 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

      4 replies 5 retweets 88 likes
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    4. 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

      2 replies 2 retweets 41 likes
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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde

      So, just to clarify, your response to the possibility of a claim was to RT an anonymous twitter account with a single paragraph of a scientific paper without a link/context, with a strawman of the true argument?

      4 replies 1 retweet 27 likes
    8. Prof Francois Balloux‏Verified account @BallouxFrancois Feb 28
      Replying to @GidMK @DrZoeHyde

      @skepticalzebra may be anonymous on twitter, which I have a lot of understanding for. Though, she is a clinician, with a grounding in bioethics and has shown far more understanding, common sense and empathy than most, including during this grotesque episode.

      1 reply 0 retweets 20 likes
    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde @skepticalzebra

      That doesn't really answer my question. I, too understand twitter anonymity, but it was certainly not the main point. Also, calling it a "grotesque episode" seems odd given that the issue comes from a misrepresentation you made of someone else's words

      1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
      Replying to @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde @skepticalzebra

      Why is it grotesque to suggest that, under appropriate ethics provisions, it might reduce bias in research studies if they were to include anal swabbing as well as the battery of tests already approved?

      1:55 PM - 28 Feb 2021
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois and

          I would argue that it is ethically more questionable to continue subjecting children to unnecessary and invasive blood draws without excluding this as a source of bias

          2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 28
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois and

          Moreover, you've spent quite some time calling for more civil discourse over the last year, which brings me back to my original question - is this episode representative of academic civility?

          0 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
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        2. Leisha O'Brien‏ @LeishaOBrien10 Feb 28
          Replying to @GidMK @BallouxFrancois and

          I work in gastro research, so bums and poo are all very normal in my world. I talked to my teen about it today and he said he'd rather "wipe his bum than wipe his tonsils or shove a stick up his nose". Maybe we should just ask kids for their opinion?

          5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Heath O'Brien‏ @heath_obrien Feb 28
          Replying to @LeishaOBrien10 @GidMK and

          God forbid!

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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