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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. Eli Klein‏ @TheEliKlein Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK

      You’re asking me to prove a negative. “I’m not saying it’s definite” LOL, India is a country of over 1 billion people. Maybe you figured this out before their top scientists did? It’s an apocalyptic doomsday theory that you should have actual evidence of before suggesting

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @TheEliKlein

      I'm asking you to prove nothing. I've posited two potential scenarios, one of which you dislike but can provide no evidence against whatsoever besides insults. Without facts, it's just your opinion

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK @TheEliKlein

      Also, of course, with vaccines it is not an "apocalyptic doomsday scenario" but merely one possibility that is hard to discount, given the evidence at hand

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    4. Eli Klein‏ @TheEliKlein Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK

      No. It has apocalyptic inferences with vaccines too. It’s easy to discount because there’s no evidence of it. Just you on Twitter

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @TheEliKlein

      Ok, well you're entitled to your own opinion, but let's just say I find it very easy to discount as well 😉

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    6. Eli Klein‏ @TheEliKlein Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK

      That’s fine, my thoughts on this aren’t hurting people, while yours may we’ll be. That’s the huge difference and is widely applicable to both of our methods generally

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @TheEliKlein

      Sounds like more of your opinions there. I'm more interested in facts

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    8. Jim‏ @jajamjamejames Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK @TheEliKlein

      “I’m interested in facts” and “I’ve posited two potential scenarios” don’t jive so well. The real question IMO is why do you feel the need to discuss this on a public forum of non-academics? Sowing fear/sensational ideas proven to get more followers & reactions on social media

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @jajamjamejames @TheEliKlein

      Am I sowing fear? I literally asked if people could think of other explanations than the two I've seen bandied around, I'm very interested in what people have to say (when they're not just insulting me)

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    10. Jim‏ @jajamjamejames Apr 20
      Replying to @GidMK @TheEliKlein

      Academic discourse is great. Not amongst crowdsourcing epi theories on Twitter. The psychological harms are real and people are scared. Most don’t read your tweets and think, “let’s discuss further” or “shall we consider this theory?”

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 20
      Replying to @jajamjamejames @TheEliKlein

      A dozen or so people did exactly that! I've had some very interesting discussions, this thread notwithstanding. That being said, I don't think it's possible to read about the situation in India right now and not be a bit worried

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        1. Jim‏ @jajamjamejames Apr 21
          Replying to @GidMK @TheEliKlein

          When you click on analytics, what is the impressions count (denominator to your dozen)?

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