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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 15

    One thing that the pandemic has thrown into sharp relief is the penchant of some senior academics to consider anything that they and their friends say to be fact even when it conflicts with all evidence

    6:34 PM - 15 May 2021
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 15

        It is quite strange to see people who most would consider quite renowned scientists making constant and blatantly false arguments from authority while completely ignoring facts that they dislike

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      1. L Graves‏ @LGSentinel May 15
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        Especially when those academics are pontificating, speaking in absolutes, far away from their field of expertise.

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      1. Marco Piani‏ @Marco_Piani May 15
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        Marco Piani Retweeted Michael Levitt

        Nahhttps://twitter.com/MLevitt_NP2013/status/1376467434857586689?s=20 …

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        Michael Levitt @MLevitt_NP2013
        Review of seroprevalence by friend & Stanford colleague, Prof. John Ioannidis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eci.13554Same … As suspected a year ago: "available evidence suggests average global IFR of ~0.15% and ~1.5‐2.0 billion infections by February 2021". "Truth wins in science" said M.F. Perutz pic.twitter.com/GHeKHNxgHb
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      2. Dr Greg Kelly‏ @drgregkelly May 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        Yep, then doubling down by quoting ever more obscure and bizarre ‘evidence’ to prove that they were never in fact wrong

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      3. Mahesh Ramanan‏ @maheshramanan May 15
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        And pretending like evidence supporting opposing viewpoints do not exist

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      1. David Hunter‏ @idmonfish May 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        Sadly not something that is isolated to senior academics, or indeed just to academics.

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      1. marsouin‏ @marsouin4 May 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        This is already endémique to any expert discipline unfortunately. Nothing new

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      1. Nathan Smith‏ @libelous82 May 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        Same can be said for Joe Public.

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      1. Tom Morrow‏ @TomMorr63727052 May 16
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        Follow the money.

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      2. Jacob Wayland‏ @WaylandiaJacob May 16
        Replying to @GidMK

        Exactly. If there isn’t data shared with their babble - I ignore them. Mask real world effectiveness center stage. Show us don’t tell us.

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      3. Jake Syma‏ @jakesyma May 16
        Replying to @WaylandiaJacob @GidMK

        Leads on any large-n epidemiological studies that take mask heterogeneity into account?

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