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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 Mar 19

    Health Nerd Retweeted The Atlantic

    This is why economists probably shouldn't write about epidemiologyhttps://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1372686805498220547 …

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    The AtlanticVerified account @TheAtlantic
    "Although scientists don’t quite understand why, kids seem to be naturally protected. As a result, you can think of your son or daughter as an already vaccinated grandparent," @ProfEmilyOster writes: http://on.theatln.tc/0zOu1MG 
    3:16 AM - 19 Mar 2021
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    34 replies 70 retweets 688 likes
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      2. Michael Head‏ @michaelghead Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        Quite the take... 🙄 Oster has a history on bad use of epidemiology, for example for her profitable books about parenting, where she is also a self-declared expert. See a Prof of epidemiology & paediatrics point out her wrongs here, as one example https://depts.washington.edu/fasdpn/pdfs/astley-oster2013.pdf …

        3 replies 4 retweets 40 likes
      3. Virginia Buysse, PhD‏ @VirginiaBuysse Mar 19
        Replying to @michaelghead @GidMK

        Oh, this is very bad indeed. It appears that Oster doesn’t know how to appraise empirical research, or even worse, that she cherry picks studies to support her own views.

        1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
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      1. Virginia Buysse, PhD‏ @VirginiaBuysse Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        Exactly. Also, advocacy and science are not the same thing. We’ve somehow forgotten that when it comes to the schools reopening debate.

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      2. Greg Dore‏ @GregDore2 Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        Economists getting into the herd immunity tutoring game like epidemiologists running the Reserve Bank.

        2 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
      3. Euqinomist‏ @Euqinomist Mar 19
        Replying to @GregDore2 @GidMK

        I would still trust the latter more to be successful tbh

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Shweta‏ @Towhit_Towhoo Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        This is exactly what has been mystifying. Opinions of folks clearly without training or understanding of virology, epidemiology or immunology masquerading and being amplified as an alternative version of pop science. Beats logic.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Wunderpup‏ @wunderpup06 Mar 19
        Replying to @Towhit_Towhoo @GidMK

        The people wanting to hear views like Oster’s won’t find an actual expert to say such things. I write this thinking about the healthy 14 yr old who recently ended up in the hospital after contracting the virus at a quinceanara.

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
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      1. John Doench‏ @JohnDoench Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        And this is the same magazine that employs the excellent science writers @sarahzhang and @edyong209... can’t imagine they like sharing space with such misinformation

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      2. Carl A. B. Pearson‏ @cap1024 Mar 19
        Replying to @GidMK

        Think I disagree in this case, but curious to hear your concrete complaints. Seems basically honest on evidence, & makes a reasonable direct-benefit argument. Only issue I have is neglecting the indirect benefit of keeping up NPIs for kids, but I'd bet that's small.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Carl A. B. Pearson‏ @cap1024 Mar 19
        Replying to @cap1024 @GidMK

        Distinct from whether or not I agree with the policy recommendation here, it doesn't seem so poorly supported that it's irrelevant to the discussion.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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