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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 Jun 22

    Health Nerd Retweeted Jordan Raskopoulos

    I am pretty good at statistics and I can confirm that it is blatantly obvious that the furore over transgender athletes has nothing to do with how often they win eventshttps://twitter.com/JordanRasko/status/1407265441953632258 …

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    Jordan RaskopoulosVerified account @JordanRasko
    Look, I'm not great at statistics but if a sports person had a massively unfair advantage over their competitors surely they'd be ranked higher than fourth in their division.
    3:06 AM - 22 Jun 2021
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 22

        Here's a basic statistical assessment - the risk of a transgender athlete winning unfairly at the Olympics based on previous evidence is precisely equivalent to the risk of a meteor hitting the decathlon event and yet we're not talking about meteors for some reason

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 22

        Apologies, this is incorrect. Technically, the risk of a meteor hitting the decathlon is higher

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      1. Dan Babs‏ @DanDbab Jun 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        Make the case using statistics?

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      2. Becca  🐝‏ @colibrisfan Jun 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        A chat with @Scienceofsport might be interesting if you’ve got some evidence/analysis.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 22
        Replying to @colibrisfan @Scienceofsport

        I mean, a transgender athlete has never competed at the Olympics so it's not a particularly tough comparison based on past evidence

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      1. Clayton Holland‏ @Claydog12 Jun 22
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        Once is too many.

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      2. Paul Griffin‏ @PGriffinFC Jun 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        You have been invaluable source for many non-experts like me throughout the pandemic but you're wrong here. People aren't against trans rights in saying the women's category in sport needs to be protected. They have rights too and this goes against it. It's deeply unfair.

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      3. Paul Griffin‏ @PGriffinFC Jun 22
        Replying to @PGriffinFC @GidMK

        Martina Navratilova has spoken on this in the past so the point that it has nothing to do with sport and the implication that it's entirely all transphobia is completely unfair on your part. This was always going to be a predictable label and tactic to shoot down legit concerns.

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      1. IanHeller‏ @IanHeller Jun 22
        Replying to @GidMK

        We'll see. Do your calcs assume the participation rate stays flat? In many events, a person born as a biological male likely has an advantage controlling for other variables. If historical data isn't representative and transgender participation rate grows, the #'s could change.

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