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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 15

    Health Nerd Retweeted Nicholas Loubere

    Your regular reminder that "Focused Protection" from the Great Barrington Declaration is, and always was, absolute nonsensehttps://twitter.com/NDLoubere/status/1426672027239337989 …

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    Nicholas Loubere @NDLoubere
    It's also worth reviewing how Kulldorff et al envision 'focused protection' for working class risk groups—they can just stay in a hotel until the pandemic is over... 🙃 This is Mitt Romney telling indebted college kids to borrow money from their parents levels of elite delusion. pic.twitter.com/TwEiQu3xsS
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    • Rob Pastorok Mark Smith (Vaccinated) 🌹Josh K - #BLM ZA (((Vanity Unfair))) Vridank the Elf Lucinda Catchlove Angus Hollands Dr. Cecília Tomori
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 15

        One of the things that always annoyed me about the GBD was how intellectually dishonest the whole thing is/was. None of the "focused protection" measures were ever realistic for a long-term endemic disease

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 15

        So it was essentially a given that any place pursuing the GBD's primary focus of having no restrictions on anything would eventually expose all citizens to COVID-19

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 15

        But the language was always this vague "protect the elderly" nonsense while the actual measures advocated for would by definition cause the elderly to be infected 🤷‍♂️

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      5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 15

        "The elderly can all get their own hotel rooms while the pandemic sweeps through" makes sense if you're talking about a 2-week peak of infections, perhaps, but not when we're 18 months in and some places are on to their 3rd, 4th, and 5th waves

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      6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 15

        Also, a fascinating fact is that most advanced economies DID protect their elderly population to an enormous extent, at least post April-2020. In most richer locations with serological data, people over-70 have MUCH lower infection rates than under-70

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      7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 16

        Note - this is important because it happened BEFORE the GBD proposed it, which goes to show that even with "focused protection" places can have enormous death tolls from COVID-19

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      1. Courtney LaPlante stan acct‏ @iBlatant Aug 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        The same people who support this nonsense are the ones freaking out about the CDC's "shielding" approach which wasn't even about putting people in camps 😂😂

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      1. Lauren K‏ @violetconflict Aug 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        I don't know about that - I would very much like to be protected from the Great Barrington Declaration!

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      1. James‏ @Dr_James_L Aug 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        Antivax/antimask folks often mention the GBD... so it's entertaining to see their heads spin after mentioning the authors are provax/promask...

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      2. 猫好きな人‏ @ValoisDuBins Aug 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        They also managed to distort the argument into them claiming to be the only ones who cared about mental health and the economy. In reality, not controlling COVID is worse for economies, and having loved ones die and living in fear of infection is not good for mental health.

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      3. Ivor Mectin‏ @IvorMectin1 Aug 16
        Replying to @ValoisDuBins @GidMK

        I can agree, the restrictions yes do have a fallout however, they are the best option in the long run!!

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