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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 21

    This is a fascinating paper by @EpiEllie and team. The available high-quality evidence shows "no evidence to support the conclusion of the existence of a biological relationship" between blood type and COVID-19 riskhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.20.21255816v1 …

    7:05 PM - 21 Jul 2021
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    • Jason Frank Hansen Jakob Junker 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒋𝒂 𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒇 PequeñaCoronela Tomas Dominguez The Lioma Hills Agrovet Ltd Dr Pablo Guisado Vasco MD, PhD El-Nolano
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 21

        For those who remember, the headlines claiming that there was a relationship were numerous and, it appears, incredibly misleadingpic.twitter.com/6d7Dt5GXp9

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 21

        Just goes to show how easily bad science can cause serious, long-term beliefs and research investment, and it takes months of effort to even make a dent in terms of correction

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 21

        For example, this study was rated at very high risk of bias in the review 42,000 accesses, 144 citations per Google Scholar, Altmetric of 1,389pic.twitter.com/JiRea6v4Ke

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      5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 21

        In comparison, the excellent review by @EpiEllie 1,600 accesses, no citations, Altmetric of 31 That is THE WRONG WAY AROUND

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      2. Jeremy Sussman‏ @JeremySussman Jul 21
        Replying to @GidMK @EpiEllie

        The original paper that brought attention the idea was this one, which is a teaching case for unreliable control groups. https://nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2020283 … ICU patients vs. blood donors???

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      3. Dr Ellie Murray, ScD‏Verified account @EpiEllie Jul 21
        Replying to @JeremySussman @GidMK

        That’s the one that set me off down the rabbit hole of these bad studies too.

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      2. Jose A. Calvache‏ @jacalvache Jul 21
        Replying to @GidMK @EpiEllie

        Dear @EpiEllie congrats. What a great DAG ! Transparent assumptions.pic.twitter.com/wlKN23P309

        3 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      3. Dr Ellie Murray, ScD‏Verified account @EpiEllie Jul 21
        Replying to @jacalvache @GidMK

        ☺️ thanks!

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      1. Minderbinder‏ @Minderbinder12 Jul 22
        Replying to @GidMK @EpiEllie

        As one of those in the supposed ‘higher risk’ blood groups - thanks @EpiEllie !

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      2. Cristián Mansilla‏ @Cristian_mansil Jul 22
        Replying to @GidMK @EpiEllie

        Which is also included in the @COVID_E_N_D inventory of best evidence syntheses, under public-health measureshttps://www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/covid-end/resources-to-support-decision-makers/Inventory-of-best-evidence-syntheses/public-health-measures …

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      3. Dr Ellie Murray, ScD‏Verified account @EpiEllie Jul 22
        Replying to @Cristian_mansil @GidMK @COVID_E_N_D

        Oh wow, I didn’t know this! Thanks for sharing!

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