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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 23

    What are the harms of lockdowns? A complex question with no good answer ping @MackayIM @EpiEllie @BillHanagehttps://gidmk.medium.com/what-are-the-negative-effects-of-covid-19-lockdowns-8f77dddf19bb …

    8:22 PM - 23 Mar 2021
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      1. Trent Condellone‏ @TrentCondellone Mar 23
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

        In the USA the disabled get tossed into the gutter unless they win the Social Security "lottery" - which may take years. Death is final. Lockdowns would have to be pretty bad to compare.

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      2. Pieter Peach‏ @DrPieterPeach Mar 23
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

        What we do know is that whatever harms there are, the earlier and more effective the restrictions are, the shorter and less harmful they will be.

        3 replies 13 retweets 65 likes
      3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM Mar 23
        Replying to @DrPieterPeach @GidMK and

        Yeeeeup

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      1. em lafleur  💙 Complacency Kills - VOTE 2022  💙 💉 💉‏ @Skyjudge4NFL Mar 23
        Replying to @GidMK @guffynicola and

        The obvious answer here is that while inconvenient, lockdowns and masking have all but eliminated colds and flu throughout the peak season. I hope we learn from that.

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      1. Michele Capobianco‏ @Capobianco2005C Mar 24
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

        Michele Capobianco Retweeted Michele Capobianco

        In any case, the fact that #lockdowns are harmful is exactly the reason why they should be used in the best possible way when "other measures" are not effective or not feasible! 🤔https://twitter.com/Capobianco2005C/status/1353707712220114944?s=20 …

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        Michele Capobianco @Capobianco2005C
        Replying to @MartinKulldorff @DrEricDing and 11 others
        The #paradox is that the most ineffective, delayed, longer, wider, and harmful #lockdown(s) are caused by the "anti-lockdowners" and by those who do not allow to act properly and selectively with timely, shorter, smaller, and effective #lockdown(s)!🤔
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      1. Fred Lybrand‏ @flybrand Mar 24
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

        > “It’s almost certain that COVID-19 control measures have harms.” #covid19 kills people and lockdowns kill people. It’s like chemotherapy - with a race to see which lets the body survive.

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      2. Bill Hanage‏Verified account @BillHanage Mar 24
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM @EpiEllie

        excellent article

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      3. Russell Dann‏ @RDann15 Mar 24
        Replying to @BillHanage @GidMK and

        Russell Dann Retweeted Nikki Kay

        Agree. Not a criticism of @GidMK article but when thinking about the impact of acts/omissions it is also crucial that governments use time bought by lockdowns wisely, unlike UK (England and Wales in particular)https://twitter.com/afromedwoman/status/1374711765733314566?s=20 …

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        Nikki Kay @afromedwoman
        Replying to @GYamey @WHO
        We’ve only had one lockdown so far in 🇸🇬 and we made sure we used every second of it to ensure we won’t need another- the time was used to ramp up our testing capacity ++, mask distribution, sort gaps in migrant dorms we had not adeq prepared for, up capacity for comm isolation
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      1. MaxDWolf‏ @MaxDWolf Mar 24
        Replying to @GidMK @AtomsksSanakan and

        A light article that doesn't go into the differences in the lockdowns and the variance in both compliance and support (that last is huge, to me). They also don't address the erosion of trust, which long term may be the biggest problem.

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      1. Berend de Boer‏ @berenddeboer Mar 24
        Replying to @GidMK @MackayIM and

        Also Sweden style "lock down" producing better results than many: Sweden saw lower 2020 death spike than much of Europe - datahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-mortality-idUSKBN2BG1R9?taid=605b506d9d53350001994fe3&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter …

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