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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 Apr 2

    Health Nerd Retweeted Dr Ellie Murray, ScD

    I thought this too, and was identically wrong!https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1378016844087459842 …

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    Dr Ellie Murray, ScDVerified account @EpiEllie
    Let’s start at the beginning: Jan 2020, I thought COVID would be contained relatively quickly with case counts on the order of SARS in 2003. This was a reasonable guess but clearly wrong.
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 2

        Health Nerd Retweeted Dr Ellie Murray, ScD

        I mean, this whole thread. I think a lot of epis made the same errors (I've also admitted to this one before)https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1378016846297894912?s=19 …

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        Dr Ellie Murray, ScDVerified account @EpiEllie
        Jan/Feb 2020: I thought community-level face mask use wouldn’t help. I based this on studies of the flu, which indicated community mask wearing mostly didn’t work & that sick people were the ones that needed masks. I was wrong. I didn’t know how much asymptomatic COVID we had.
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      1. Dr. E.B. Webster‏ @Ella4the98th Apr 2
        Replying to @GidMK

        Yup. Me three. By now a year ago I knew I was wrong.

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      2. Risi Kondor‏ @risi_kondor Apr 2
        Replying to @GidMK

        Why public health people got this part wrong is puzzling. As soon as I read that Wuhan had shut down I knew that it was serious with enough confidence to start looking for a place to flee to from the city. And that was in Jan!

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      3. Benvolio‏ @BenDelecto Apr 3
        Replying to @risi_kondor @GidMK

        Same. Maybe the lack of in-depth knowledge of epidemiology was actually beneficial for many in assessing the big picture The whole Wuhan situation following by waves through Iran, Italy, Spain...random untraceable cases popping up in U.S. I knew we were going to get hit hard

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      1. Di Williams  💙 #CovidIsAirborne‏ @100Dianne Apr 3
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        But you changed as more data came in. Not so for some

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      2. epsilon‏ @epsilon3141 Apr 3
        Replying to @GidMK

        Sorry, I still don't understand why so many of you in academia kept downplaying #SARSCoV2 in (Jan/Feb 2020). Didn't you read early chinese studies ? (they found alarming epi-parameters R0=3 and SI=4 days) Didn't you listen to @gmleunghku PK in Jan(!) '20 ? https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1505090-20200127.htm?spTabChangeable=0 …

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      3. alex rubinsteyn‏ @iskander Apr 3
        Replying to @epsilon3141 @GidMK @gmleunghku

        I'm really mystified by folks who kept saying "we don't have any evidence for X", as if research from Asia didn't count

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      1. Pablo‏ @ntct180 Apr 3
        Replying to @GidMK

        I disagree on personal attacks as you are receiving, but the point is that the precautory principle should have been applied. On exponential processes an early warning can make an important difference. Kudos for admitting your wrong.

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