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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 Jul 14

    Health Nerd Retweeted mohamad safa

    There has never been a disease eradicated through natural immunity Without vaccination, everyone will eventually either die first or catch COVID-19https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1414995654632480770 …

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    mohamad safaVerified account @mhdksafa
    Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity. They were eradicated by vaccines.
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    • busyRN 🏳️‍⚧️ Mr. Yuk, Professional Crastinator Peggy Coons Marc Long michael bjørn rosemarie patterson Christa Costas Len Bick H.Rawdhan
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      2. Mark Dunne‏ @arseagon Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        Yes the vast majority would catch Covid.... and nothing else would happen.... They wouldn't die of it... Looks increasingly likely they're still going to catch Covid after being vaccinated!

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      1.  🧠 Sarah McKay‏ @SarahMMcKay Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        That’s cheery. But real & appreciated.

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      1. Misael‏ @misael_pandawto Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        Gideon I have a question: did we ever fight a non-sterilizing disease with an equally non-sterilizing vaccine? If not, then how many of the previous vaccines were considered sterilizing so that they prevented further transmission

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      1. Emily Rugel‏ @BrainsOnNature Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        We've also never fully eradicated polio, in part due to the U.S. government's decision to use a fake Hepatitis B #vaccination campaign as a way to locate + assassinate Bin Laden.http://bit.ly/3yNdILw 

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      2. Kniff‏ @DSSKniff Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        It doesnt look as if it can be eradicated this timepic.twitter.com/XCsbcWw19I

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      3. logimech‏ @logimech1 Jul 14
        Replying to @DSSKniff @GidMK

        those case rates in vaxxed are nightmarish. they dont tally with most other data reports about vaccine efficacy. this table says vaccine does nothing on transmission!

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      1. Magnet Thatcher PhD‏ @MagnetThatcher Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        I bet there's actually many examples of this. Evolution is blind and there are plenty of mutations that would result in the extinction of species that cause certain diseases. It would be arrogant to assume that only humans are capable of wiping out entire populations of organisms

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      1. Ryan Radecki, MD MS‏Verified account @emlitofnote Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        A specific viral entity can eliminate itself via inadvertently killing its hosts too quickly. But, otherwise, the global population grows by 140M new potential vectors every year ….

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      2. Nick Brain‏ @NickBrain2 Jul 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        Funny, I don't remember getting the Plague

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      3. Jon Microbe‏ @jmicrobe9 Jul 14
        Replying to @NickBrain2 @GidMK

        Funny, I don’t remember plague being eradicated.

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