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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. Tyler Black, MD‏ @tylerblack32 May 23
      Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538 @GidMK

      rather impossible to disambiguate, though.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    2. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren May 23
      Replying to @tylerblack32 @NateSilver538 @GidMK

      It could be disambiguated by looking at the timing or comparing places with similar covid rates and different lockdown policies. Or comparing groups differentially affected by lockdowns. (I’m a health economist, that’s what I do for a living.)

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. Tyler Black, MD‏ @tylerblack32 May 23
      Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538 @GidMK

      yeah on that front there isn't a lot of support for rate being associated with lockdown status (decreases regardless of lockdown policy), but even then, that's correlational work and not excellent for cause. at best "suggest"

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 23
      Replying to @tylerblack32 @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538

      The best explanation I've heard so far is yours tbh - a combination of increased interventions aimed at preventing suicide, community pulling together, and perhaps some measure of reducing access to means

      2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    5. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren May 23
      Replying to @GidMK @tylerblack32 @NateSilver538

      That said, I’m still worried about everyone’s mental health right now. Trauma plus isolation plus feeling like the pandemic is supposed to be “over” while also seeming to drag on forever. The US is prob different than other countries - ahead in vaccinations but behind in cases.

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 23
      Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @tylerblack32 @NateSilver538

      Agreed. I think overall mental health is a serious issue which is often ignored in these weirdly defensive arguments about suicide rates

      1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
    7. Tyler Black, MD‏ @tylerblack32 May 23
      Replying to @GidMK @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538

      haha welcome to my world :P every time i post about suicide rates i'm called a whole host of names!

      1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 23
      Replying to @tylerblack32 @ZoeMcLaren @NateSilver538

      It's so bizarre! People assume (falsely) that suicide rates perfectly correlate with diagnosed mental health disorders and get so angry when you point out that this is not really true

      2 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
    9. Nate Silver‏Verified account @NateSilver538 May 23
      Replying to @GidMK @tylerblack32 @ZoeMcLaren

      Given that this is a thread about strawman arguments, mayyyyybe you shouldnt claim with no evidence or examples that people assume they "perfectly correlate" as opposed to the very intuitive assumption that they somewhat correlate?

      3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 23
      Replying to @NateSilver538 @tylerblack32 @ZoeMcLaren

      Health Nerd Retweeted Nate Silver

      Uh, wasn't specifically referring to you there (wasn't even replying to you) but regardless if you want an example of someone equating mental health and suicide directly here's an example from very recentlyhttps://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1396583728189779969?s=20 …

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      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      Replying to @GidMK @tylerblack32
      The reason I responded as I did is because the first tweet in your thread indeed made the hyperboilc claim that lockdowns decrease suicides. So yeah there was a little bit of hyperbole (equating suicides to overall mental health) in response. Welcome to the Internet.
      1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK May 23
      Replying to @GidMK @NateSilver538 and

      I will admit, in the context of the discussion "perfectly" was somewhat hyperbolic - I meant "strongly". Apologies for the imprecise language there

      4:26 PM - 23 May 2021
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        1. Andrew Glisson‏ @AndrewEGlisson May 23
          Replying to @GidMK @NateSilver538 and

          No worries. Nate's familiar with imprecise language. He'll even condescendingly welcome you to the internet when he uses it. But I do appreciate your effort at clarity.

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