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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 22

    One of my favourite pandemic memes is people posting figures/charts that clearly show large amounts of excess mortality and saying that they don't show and excess mortality Very funny, never gets old

    5:01 AM - 22 May 2021
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    • james_robinson Liviu Micu Jillian, rising 🏳️‍⚧️ Mizzy T 🐝💙🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 SkepticalPharmacist Filialleiter Sheridan Alder Niklas Hjorth Lau Aaen
    9 replies 16 retweets 277 likes
      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 22

        One tip: if mortality has been declining every year since 1900, and you don't take this into account in your analysis of expected deaths, you are probably going to be wrong

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      1. Alan Taylor‏ @Alan_Taylor_314 May 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        That sounds fascinating! Do you have a favorite one, maybe a faulty comparison between spanish flu and covid?

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      1.  🇪🇸 Balkrai  🇪🇸‏ @balkraix May 22
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        A reference to Ivor's tweet right? xd

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      2. אמירות נכונות לשעתן‏ @nehonotlishatan May 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        אמירות נכונות לשעתן Retweeted אמירות נכונות לשעתן

        Sweden's mortality chart (from @HMDatabase ) was used by Israeli skeptics as late as December 2020 to show a decline in mortality - and displayed *without removing the original disclaimer* saying in red letters that the data is not final.https://twitter.com/nehonotlishatan/status/1361170889530867712?s=20 …

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        אמירות נכונות לשעתן @nehonotlishatan
        2/ נתחיל: ב-8/12 פרסם פרופ' שחר מאמר על שבדיה ("ההרשעה בעינה עומדת"). שחר כתב שבגל השני שם אין תמותה עודפת, שגלי המגפה נעצרים מעצמם. "צריך להיות אטום לנתונים... כדי להמשיך לייחס את היעצרות הגלים ודעיכתם להתערבות אנושית". האם היתה העצרות ודעיכה? לפי הגרף של שחר, הגל נעצר. אבל - pic.twitter.com/jClmUYGqJP
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      3. אמירות נכונות לשעתן‏ @nehonotlishatan May 22
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        אמירות נכונות לשעתן Retweeted אמירות נכונות לשעתן

        Only two months later, in Feb., HMD's chart for Sweden looked very different, see here: https://twitter.com/nehonotlishatan/status/1361170902067666944 …. BTW, this wasn't updated in the skeptic blog (though a *second* disclaimer was added by their blog's publishing platform).

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        אמירות נכונות לשעתן @nehonotlishatan
        4/ הנתונים המשיכו להגיע ולהתעדכן והיום עקומת התמותה העודפת בשבדיה נראית ככה (כזכור, הכל מאותו מקור מוכר ומכובד!). אין זכר לזנב שיורד בגרף של שחר, ובמקומו צצה לה גבעה הולכת ועולה. רגע, אפשר היה לדעת מראש שכל זה יקרה? > pic.twitter.com/myOAFtu385
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      2. Michael Simonson‏ @msimonson19 May 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        To be clear, a large amount of the past year+’s excess mortality isn’t Covid-caused. It’s the result of people being unwilling or unable to access health care for non-Covid conditions (and not because hospitals were overrun).

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      3. Alain Trahan‏ @trahana May 22
        Replying to @msimonson19 @GidMK

        Where would the data on that be?

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      1. Benvolio‏ @BenDelecto May 22
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        I saw one graph recently that had a 10 year downtrend with a clear bump up in 2020. The creator of the graph took a 10 year average and drew a straight line across to show that excess mortality in 2020 was no greater than the "average". It was quite the piece of work.

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