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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 13

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    I think an interesting question now becomes - what happens when similarly rare events are found for other vaccines? It's not unlikely, and thus far the reaction of regulators and the public has been mixedhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1382073023046459395 …

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    Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
    I wrote about this when the vaccinations started. We could exclude side-effects that happened per ~1 in 2-5,000 doses from clinical trials, but it was always possible/likely that very rare side-effects would occur in the general population https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1382070668318048259 …
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    • Garf (((Vanity Unfair))) Mathematiker plädiert für Ruhe und Rationalität Sitting Frog Dr. Liz Baker, PhD SandyM Emily Rugel Lydia Christina (she/her) Susan Israel🧼😷🕯️🥀 (Vaccinated💉)
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 13

        At the moment, we're happy to simply pause the offending vaccine, because there are other options. But it's neither impossible nor even unlikely that a serious side-effect occurring at a rate of 1/million will be found for all vaccines

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 13

        (I'm not saying it will be ~the same~ side-effect, but that there is every possibility that we will uncover a different side-effect for other vaccines that happens very rarely. What then?)

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      2. Pieter Peach‏ @DrPieterPeach Apr 13
        Replying to @GidMK

        Have been thinking the same thing. It would make decision making a lot easier.

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      3. Matt Dubuc‏ @mjd1735 Apr 13
        Replying to @DrPieterPeach @GidMK

        mRNA vaccines are a far cleaner, sparser vaccine. For example, these rare platelet events in both AstraZeneca and J&J are related to adenovirus in the mix, according to Peter Hotez. No adjuvants either. Wave of the future!

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      1. all data are not created equal‏ @DMVsciencetchr Apr 13
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        They have already been found.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/health/immune-thrombocytopenia-covid-vaccine-blood.html …

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