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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. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 29

      Anti-vaccine activists during a global pandemicpic.twitter.com/V2Qe1loRvx

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 29

      Full disclosure - stole this shamelessly from a friend on Facebook, who I am fairly certain nicked it from another place entirely. To whoever created the meme, I salute you

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Apr 29

      Also note: anti-vaccine activists =/= vaccine hesitant people, there are absolutely valid worries about getting a COVID-19 vaccination which I wrote about here:https://coronavirus.medium.com/vaccine-hesitancy-makes-sense-9a74e3a5eca7 …

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        1.  💉 💉 Henry Madison DPhil‏ @RageSheen Apr 29
          Replying to @GidMK

          And methodologically, this, which I can find few who will take seriously:https://thoughtscapism.com/2018/04/04/risk-in-perspective-population-risk-does-not-equal-individual-risk/ …

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        2. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 Apr 29
          Replying to @GidMK

          Do you weigh these “absolutely valid” reasons to be vaccine hesitant with absolutely valid reasons to protect against fate of 600000 Americans who died of covid?

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        3. David Penington  💉 💉AZ #NotABotOrTrot‏ @DavidPenington2 Apr 30
          Replying to @stellapenelope3 @GidMK

          It's a very easy decision in most of the world. In Australia where I and GidMK live, there's been almost no COVID since 1.1.2021 so some of my colleagues wonder whether to wait for the Pfizer vaccine. I got the AstraZeneca today.

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        2. nearlytoolate‏ @nearlytoolate Apr 30
          Replying to @GidMK

          And non uptake is not the same as hesitancy. You have to be able to book and travel to a vaccination centre at a time that may not be convenient

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        3. Tony Wesley‏ @awesley777 Apr 30
          Replying to @nearlytoolate @GidMK

          Tony Wesley Retweeted Ken Haddad

          In the states, that's no longer an issue. For example, here in Michigan:https://twitter.com/KenHaddad/status/1388096997677314050?s=19 …

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          Ken HaddadVerified account @KenHaddad
          🚨💉🧵Michigan VACCINES - 4/30: More shots in arms = more COVID restrictions lifted. You can help local businesses, communities, friends and family get back to "normal" this summer. Vaccines are all around you. Here's what we have going on today/this weekend: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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        2. Iseu-Vallon  🇸🇪  🇮🇱‏ @MarkusHolmgren Apr 30
          Replying to @GidMK

          To Pro-vaccine activist with 2 mask and face mask and after 1-3 vaccins that wants to call out people who just dont want to take vaccin. I have a question for you, do the vaccin give you 100% protection agains covid-19? and how many vaccin do you have to take and for how long?

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        3. Andrew Kotila‏ @Thefooze Apr 30
          Replying to @MarkusHolmgren @GidMK

          Why would you ask normal people this rather than reading CDC data on this?

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        2. ischemgeek‏ @ischemgeek Apr 30
          Replying to @GidMK

          Thanks for this. Particularly for marginalized communities, there's a lot of historical reason for hesitancy & distrust of medicine. Within living memory, indigenous people and black people in North America were experimented on without consent. Their distrust is rational.

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        3. ischemgeek‏ @ischemgeek Apr 30
          Replying to @ischemgeek @GidMK

          Not to mention I would argue wanting to understand how it works and what the risk benefit ratio looks like (what could be determined as hesitancy) is also rational. I waited till the vaccines were approved myself and certainly wouldn't pop a random pill cuz I was told to.

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        1. All.Deep.Learning‏ @AllDeepLearning Apr 30
          Replying to @GidMK

          Vaccine hesitancy makes no sense whatsoever, unless one has a relevant medical condition or has experienced some form of allergy.

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