Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
gorskon's profile
David Gorski, MD, PhD
David Gorski, MD, PhD
David Gorski, MD, PhD
Verified account
@gorskon

Tweets

David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account

@gorskon

Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
sciencebasedmedicine.org
Joined October 2009

Tweets

  • © 2021 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      Carl T. Bergstrom Retweeted Carl T. Bergstrom

      20. This is common sense, as well as first-chapter-of-the-epidemiology-textbook stuff. It was also sadly predictable. See my note about severe #DKE19 strains, a day before @aginnt's medium post:https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1240803788035784704 …

      Carl T. Bergstrom added,

      Carl T. BergstromVerified account @CT_Bergstrom
      Not in the report, but particularly virulent strains include "The areas under curve should be the same, dumbass!", "What's so hard about estimating CFR?", and "Who needs the Harvard School of Public Health when you've got Elon Musk?"
      Show this thread
      5 replies 82 retweets 1,452 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      21. This claim needs citation. I am unaware of CDC plans that involve allowing the majority of the country to be infected. Because the author may be cherry-picking here, I won't call it an outright lie. But it's not the position of the organization that we allow this to happen.pic.twitter.com/yiGKFLEvdR

      21 replies 79 retweets 1,445 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      22. Next the author claims that COVID19 will "burn off" in the summer, and quotes a paper from Beijing economists, posted to social science preprint server. Science is not a like a high school English essay, where you get to cherry-pick the quotes that support your point.pic.twitter.com/Z3TfUpllSp

      45 replies 136 retweets 1,965 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      23. There's a big literature on the seasonality of respiratory disease, and consensus is that we have little grounds for optimism regarding #COVID19. @mlipsitch, an leading expert who advanced our understanding of flu seasonality, is admirably concise: https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/will-covid-19-go-away-on-its-own-in-warmer-weather/ …pic.twitter.com/H7Hzh3tAbV

      20 replies 320 retweets 2,094 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      24. This is just misleading. Being tested is not the same as thinking you are positive. Did your doctor ever order a rapid flu test or strep culture or a chest x-ray for pneumonia? When you did, did you think YOU were positive? Same deal with COVID19, esp in places like S. Korea.pic.twitter.com/A96mihVfKq

      14 replies 84 retweets 1,371 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      25. This single piece of bait-and-switch should be more than enough to discredit the entire article. @Aginnt claims that only 1% of cases are severe, and then shows a data graphic suggesting that 19% are severe or worse (critical). How on earth does he draw that conclusion?pic.twitter.com/ErGiLRazEs

      45 replies 209 retweets 2,176 likes
      Show this thread
    7. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      26. He says "cases" in the headline, but "everyone who is tested" in the text. These are very different denominators, given the low positive rate he was just trumpeting about in the previous section. If a mistake rather than deliberate bullshit, it's amazingly sloppy.

      12 replies 81 retweets 1,789 likes
      Show this thread
    8. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      27. Oh, and in the study that provided these numbers, "mild" cases included pneumonia short of hospitalization in a setting where hospitals are already overcrowded. Mild doesn't mean your ordinary cold.

      13 replies 108 retweets 1,718 likes
      Show this thread
    9. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      28. Lastly on this point, I hate to go all MS-PAINT on you, but....pic.twitter.com/V9kGXdPdID

      178 replies 631 retweets 4,980 likes
      Show this thread
    10. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 21 Mar 2020

      29. An aside: I realize that John Ioannides is trying to be clever and contrarian and has a hammer and damned if this pandemic doesn't look like a nail, but his latest STAT piece is just chumming the swimming beach for this particular kind of shark.pic.twitter.com/MB9T76hels

      21 replies 86 retweets 1,375 likes
      Show this thread
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 22 Mar 2020
      Replying to @CT_Bergstrom

      Ioannidis disappointed me so much with that article.

      8:25 AM - 22 Mar 2020
      • 4 Likes
      • Fareeha Irfan Suzy Christina Dr. Vanessa Yingling
      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        1. A.Shuey‏ @MandaineE 22 Mar 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @CT_Bergstrom

          Yeah, he shattered the ridiculous herd consensus

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
          Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
          Undo

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2021 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info