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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. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom Mar 8

      Imagine being surprised that academics who volunteer their time as social media fact checkers are often active on social media. Next thing you know, we'll find that the people who peer review journal articles often publish in those same journals.pic.twitter.com/gT5dxnWeFA

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    2. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @CT_Bergstrom

      Why don't you read the article, Carl 👇👇 the SAME fact checker website did not use twitter stars to fact check articles PRE-covid https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/91526 …pic.twitter.com/jkrHEzVeq8

      6 replies 2 retweets 40 likes
    3. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH

      Given your expertise in causal inference, you can probably figure out that the data aren't sufficient to suggest that twitter prominence leads to selection as a COVID fact-checker. Perhaps, e.g., during a massive pandemic, COVID expertise leads to both.

      3 replies 9 retweets 98 likes
    4. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @CT_Bergstrom

      1. Stop deleting what you are saying when I'm trying to reply 2. Their twitter use is WAY higher than avg. faculty in Epi at Hopkins 3. haha, come on, don't defend this as impartial 'fact checking' here is a link so folks can decide https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/91526 …pic.twitter.com/Y1qjanxsfr

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      My favorite part of this is that we can actually do a fairly basic empirical test of whether the idea that twitter royalty is required to be a FB fact-checker is true, or whether it's simply a correlation due to pandemic expertise by looking at pre-pandemic follower counts

      8:16 PM - 8 Mar 2021
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

          Of the people quoted for the healthfeedback piece, the median number of twitter followers was 4,514, with two people having well below 1,000 prior to COVID-19. The mean is skewed up to 35k by Topol

          2 replies 3 retweets 34 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

          The mean/median increase in followers for these 6 accounts is 3,100/1,500%, with @angie_rasmussen and @BillHanage both having a >50x increase in their follower counts since 2019 according to http://wayback.org 

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        2. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
          Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

          Sadly that is not the sole claim in the article nor the appropriate test. If you pick fact checkers from folks who have telegraphed their opinion on issues (via twitter), one does not have an independent process. end of story.

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