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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. Andrew Lazarus, retired rōnin mathematician‏ @AndrewLazarus4 Apr 11
      Replying to @therealrthorat @Tony_Gastelum and

      I notice a pattern that everyone you don't agree with is a very bad person. Now, you might be correct, but you aren't DOING THE SCIENCE. (For example, is it true or false that Ioannidis continues to use studies with literally-impossible outcomes?) And you complain if I do it.

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    2. Ryan Horath‏ @therealrthorat Apr 11
      Replying to @AndrewLazarus4 @Tony_Gastelum and

      Maybe you could back up your claim about Ioannidis using "impossible" studies. I searched all 85 references in his meta-analysis and found no mention of "Croatia" or "Scotland", so I cannot evaluate your claim. Maybe you can show me what studies you refer to.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Ryan Horath‏ @therealrthorat Apr 11
      Replying to @therealrthorat @AndrewLazarus4 and

      I see now that you got your claims from the "Atomsk" toxic person. Warning: an amateur, anonymous person with an ideological grudge is not your best go to for scientific info. His claims are simply false and all over the place. Laughably wrong.

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    4. Ryan Horath‏ @therealrthorat Apr 11
      Replying to @therealrthorat @AndrewLazarus4 and

      You trust a Twitter account that's anonymous and regularly insults people, while demonstrating little knowledge in the field and massive personal bias, over the expertise of one of the world's top meta-analysts. Forgive me if I laugh at your lack of judgment. LOL.

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    5. Andrew Lazarus, retired rōnin mathematician‏ @AndrewLazarus4 Apr 11
      Replying to @therealrthorat @Tony_Gastelum and

      I partly agree—I do not like relying on anonymous accounts, and if .@AtomsksSanakan would DM me some verifiable particulars of his expertise, to be kept in confidence, I would be grateful. However, coming from someone who insists we must look AT SCIENCE only, this is risible.

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    6. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan Apr 11
      Replying to @AndrewLazarus4 @therealrthorat and

      I prefer to remain anonymous. But I've given people all the information needed to fact-check what I said. For example, @therealrthorat's claim is nonsense, since Ioannidis didn't update to include higher IFRs. He revised *down* https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1381473706489356291 … https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eci.13423 …pic.twitter.com/FAxyzSfJZQ

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    7. Andrew Lazarus, retired rōnin mathematician‏ @AndrewLazarus4 Apr 11
      Replying to @AtomsksSanakan @therealrthorat and

      I just saw today an estimate of over 20% excess deaths in Mumbai in 2020. I will admit, all Indian data has large error bars.

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    8. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan Apr 11
      Replying to @AndrewLazarus4 @therealrthorat and

      Re: "I just saw today an estimate of over 20% excess deaths in Mumbai in 2020. I will admit, all Indian data has large error bars" Excess deaths would imply the ~11,000 reported COVID-19 deaths are an under-estimate. That makes things worse for his IFR. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.08.21255101v1 …pic.twitter.com/6a6mLfeI6t

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    9. Andrew Lazarus, retired rōnin mathematician‏ @AndrewLazarus4 Apr 11
      Replying to @AtomsksSanakan @therealrthorat and

      Precisely. But a combination of inertia, incompetence, and corruption make me wonder if when if ever we would get accurate figures from India. (Likewise Russia.)

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    10. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan Apr 11
      Replying to @AndrewLazarus4 @therealrthorat and

      🤷‍♂️ We have enough mortality data to know Russia is likely faking their numbers. Same for Belarus. India I'm less sure about. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.27.21250604v2 …pic.twitter.com/WUe3jvcYI0

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 11
      Replying to @AtomsksSanakan @AndrewLazarus4 and

      Not ~precisely~ true. Russia and India are almost certainly massively undercounting COVID-19 deaths, probably by a factor of 2-3. Belarus' numbers are literally made up, even on casual examination

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        1. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan Apr 11
          Replying to @GidMK @AndrewLazarus4 and

          My mistake. I should have claridfied. I think all 3 are undercounting. I'm just not sure about intent-to-deceive yet with India. I'm very sure Belarus' numbers are intentionally made-up, and pretty sure for Russia.

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 11
          Replying to @GidMK @AtomsksSanakan and

          Belarus doesn't even really try tho, it's amazing. They report the same death number +/-1 for a few weeks, then change the numberpic.twitter.com/ieIYmjX1eN

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        3. Steve Brule‏ @braidedmanga Apr 11
          Replying to @GidMK @AtomsksSanakan and

          https://youtu.be/UODIbKWGADo 

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