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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 May 2

      Health Nerd Retweeted Health Nerd

      This is one of the reasons that I usually stay away from offering explicit policy opinions. As a scientist, I can give you a pretty good estimate of the impact of COVID-19, but it's up to us as a society to decide what to do about thathttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1388991268580040710 …

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      Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
      A scientist can tell you what the costs and benefits of each course of action are going to be, but which decision is the "best" is usually more about ethics than facts
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 2

      We can say from an epidemiological viewpoint which path has which benefits and costs, but ultimately the decision of which is more beneficial is not scientific

      1 reply 0 retweets 24 likes
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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 2

      Some people have consistently argued that freedom is the most important value This is a valid ethical viewpoint! Epidemiologically, we can perhaps place a cost on that ideation, but whether this cost is justified is not a scientific decision

      6 replies 2 retweets 27 likes
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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 2

      For example, were lockdowns a good idea? Basically impossible to answer, depends on your perspective Did lockdowns cause or prevent death? That's something that we can look at scientifically (still complex)

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 2

      (As for many things, the answer to the question of whether lockdowns caused or prevented deaths appears to be, somewhat unsatisfyingly, "it depends")

      7:27 PM - 2 May 2021
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        1. Dr. Hamza 🦉 🍍د.حمزة‏ @icHamza May 2
          Replying to @GidMK

          I have friends all around the world, and all of them violated the lockdown in multiple occasions. There is a wide gao between what we think happened and what actually happened.

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