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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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    1. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Sep 2

      Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 Retweeted The Atlantic

      If you enjoyed this essay Leave a comment here 👇👇https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1433587378946461698 …

      Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 added,

      The AtlanticVerified account @TheAtlantic
      "To justify continued masking of schoolkids—with no end date in sight—we have to prove that masks benefit kids, and at what ages," @VPrasadMDMPH writes. "States and communities … should recognize that being overly cautious has a cost." http://on.theatln.tc/dnLPHGk 
      89 replies 21 retweets 372 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 2
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH

      Health Nerd Retweeted Health Nerd

      My comment is pretty simply - the essay seems to contradict itself. Not sure why it starts by implying the evidence is compelling then provides no evidence? Is there evidence you didn't cite?https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1433552368524615680?s=20 …

      Health Nerd added,

      Health NerdVerified account @GidMK
      I'm not greatly interested in the school/mask debate, but I must say this is pretty wild - the article leads with this statement and then proceeds to offer no evidence whatsoever of any harms except "subjective [sic] shortness of breath" https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1433447234574725128 … pic.twitter.com/5bZmvOhWo7
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        2. Andrew Kelly‏ @askellyphd Sep 2
          Replying to @GidMK @doritmi

          The only thing I saw was a single hyperlink to a study about a parenting/early childhood intervention in 1980s Jamaica and the effect on long-run economic gains. Really unclear how that is evidence of the potential educational harms of masking. 🤷‍♂️pic.twitter.com/QzFz3yUrwf

          2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 2
          Replying to @askellyphd @doritmi

          Yeh that seems to be pretty much it. No educational experts quoted, no studies cited, it seems that the "harms" are entirely speculative

          1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
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        2. Jewish Gentleman‏ @JewishGentle7 Sep 2
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH

          I think the best way to resolve both the benefits & harms of masking kids in school is to study BOTH via RCT, as the author has suggested on Twitter. That way, we (hopefully) would be able to do a cost-benefit analysis using data.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Brian King‏ @BrianKingNeo Sep 2
          Replying to @JewishGentle7 @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH

          That is a fair point, but not what he says in the article. He claims the harms are "firmly established" - that's strong language from an EBM expert.

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        1. The Intrepid O.V.B.‏ @ottovonbisbark Sep 2
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH

          Exactly. Ridiculous sourcing. The harms are complete conjecture

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        1. Seth Trueger‏Verified account @MDaware Sep 2
          Replying to @GidMK

          it's like jazz

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        2. Jocami Ca‏ @jocami_ca Sep 3
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH

          The headline and tweet say there is a downside then at the end of the essay he says we need to investigate whether there is one. So he clearly meant ‘potential downside’ but that doesn’t grant so many RTs.

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        3. David Steadson  🇦🇺 🇸🇪 🇪🇺 🌍‏ @DavidSteadson Sep 3
          Replying to @jocami_ca @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH

          Sorry, but no, he clearly aimed to mislead. Maybe even himself? "potential harms are ... much more firmly established"? What does that mean? In his mind? and how in hell can "potential harms" be "much more firmly established" than the "potential benefit" of *decreased infections*

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