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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 May 9

    Health Nerd Retweeted Wes Pegden

    It's clearly not great to dictate your behavior based on what fringe denialists say, but it is equally not a great sign when some of your most vocal proponents are fringe denialistshttps://twitter.com/WesPegden/status/1391432747047165958 …

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    Wes Pegden @WesPegden
    When you let crazy people dictate what you think about something important through a desire to oppose them, you are trusting their judgement (filtered through a logical negation) above your own ability to reason. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1391210039013117961 …
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    5:54 PM - 9 May 2021
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    • Disposable + Put a f*cking mask on it Mathematiker plädiert für Ruhe und Rationalität A Dad who enjoys nerdy things Tak 💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology" 🍩 Musgrave Tom Andrews💙 Arend Bayer Laura McCall #NoMassInfection Kevin Versfeld
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 9

        Health Nerd Retweeted Health Nerd

        If you want to read some discussion on the piece and why it might be problematic for reasons other than that it's supported by anti-vaccine activists...https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1389721358871928835?s=20 …

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        Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
        Replying to @GidMK @AlastairMcA30 and 3 others
        I'm all for discussing risk vs benefit, but there does not appear to be much engagement with the risk from COVID-19 here at all. It is obviously non-zero for children, even if it is much lower than for adults
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      2. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan May 9
        Replying to @GidMK

        Atomsk's Sanakan Retweeted Atomsk's Sanakan

        If tomorrow I found that prominent HIV/AIDS deniers used some of my tweets to mislead many people into thinking HIV was harmless, then I would re-check what I wrote for errors, or re-phrase it in a way HIV/AIDS denialists could not as easily abuse.https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1391585704883462144 …

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        Atomsk's Sanakan @AtomsksSanakan
        Replying to @AlastairMcA30 @WesPegden
        Anti-vaxxers liked their article because they used vaccine denialist tropes. Conversely, anti-vaxxers get no succor from my tweets because I don't use those tropes, and go out of my way to opposed vaccine denialism. Pegden et al. just dodge the point. https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1390878746526224384 …
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      3. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan May 9
        Replying to @AtomsksSanakan @GidMK

        You, @GidMK, did the same thing when u saw people misrepresenting what your paper said. Tellingly, I don't see Pegden et al. doing this much for their blogpost. Maybe because their analysis depends on a vaccine denialist trope? https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1391555674128019457 … https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1390178068866637824 …pic.twitter.com/Vddv7P6cTX

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      1. Hussain Gilani‏ @hagilani May 9
        Replying to @GidMK

        I just don’t understand how they vociferously address valid criticism by actual clinicians, but maybe I missed when they push back when promoted by fringe conspiracists

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      2. Aleksi Raudasoja‏ @AleksiRaudasoja May 9
        Replying to @GidMK

        So you just repeat your argument? I think you always should try to think by yourself and it is inevitable to sometimes (somewhat) agree with people you dont want to be identified. It is embarrassing to use this as any kind of argument against people you disagree with.

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      3. Aleksi Raudasoja‏ @AleksiRaudasoja May 9
        Replying to @AleksiRaudasoja @GidMK

        I see ”sceptics” do this all the time... Not good advice from them on how to form a scientific argument.

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