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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 Aug 14

    Health Nerd Retweeted David Gorski, MD, PhD

    An excellent read on the total myth that medical errors are the "third leading cause of death" Medical errors are always bad, but they are far rarer than the absurdly high estimates that get headlineshttps://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1426230952293015559 …

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    David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
    The claim that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US is one of those "slasher statistics" that just won't die. This time around @statnews gave space to Michael Saks and Stephan Landsman to parrot that claim credulously. https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/08/13/misinformation-about-medical-errors-rears-its-ugly-head-in-stat/ …
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      2. Stephen Everson‏ @s_everson Aug 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        What counts as medical error, though? Presumably, for instance, the Vioxx deaths should count. Are they counted as such?

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      3. kenlipartito‏ @kenlipartito Aug 14
        Replying to @s_everson @GidMK

        Should think that would just create confusion and make the analysis even less precise. You need a clear definition of medical error to get any meaning.

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      2. Eric Leighton  👣‏ @FietsRijder Aug 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        @GidMK @BogochIsaac @gorskon @SharkawyMD Not errors but I see a growing trend in the 'hygiene hypothesis'. Parents saying since <12 y o kids were isolating over the past 18 months they're more susceptible to covid (immature immune sys). I think info needs to be pushed out.

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      3. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle Aug 14
        Replying to @FietsRijder @GidMK and

        A fundamental misunderstanding about the hygeine hypothesis too, that unfortunately is very common. It’s about exposure to allergens, parasitosis and gi bugs - not viral infections. Viral infections dont attune your immune system, often as not, they attack it to gain infectivity.

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      2. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle Aug 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        I love it but I’m biased of course.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 14
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle

        You seem entirely objective to me

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      2. Greg Shelley‏ @Ashamanic Aug 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        Medical errors occur, and when they do and are known, hospitals review what happened to see if was an unavoidable individual or a systems failure.

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      3. Greg Shelley‏ @Ashamanic Aug 15
        Replying to @Ashamanic @GidMK

        And change things when possible, to reduce or eliminate sources of error, such as introducing checklists, or having the doctor/nurse repeat back what they are told to decrease the chance something was misheard.

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