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P. D. Mangan Health & Fitness Maximalist 🇺🇸
Mangan150
Lots of people are talking about this study which "showed" an association between eggs and diabetes.It's only epidemiology, and not good epidemiology either.Here's why you should ignore it1/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/scie
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Alasdair Munro
apsmunro
Here is a good lesson in basic epidemiologyThis data is difficult to interpret in a number of ways:1. There is no denominator, either of institutions or populations2. It counts the
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Johan Hellström 🇸🇪
jhnhellstrom
When you read about scientists suggesting things the new strain might do, you are really just seeing how an early step in the scientific process works and just wander through
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Martin Rossiter
MartinRossiter
A letter to @ianbrown Ian, we met once and I thought you were charming. You were keen and interested in what I had to say and although we were peers
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Andrew💙Croxford
andrew_croxford
#LongCovid (also called post-COVID syndrome (PCS)) is defined by NICE as “signs and symptoms that develop during or following an infection consistent with COVID-19 which continue for more than 12
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
paimadhu
In our epidemiology course for journalists, I used this as example of selection bias & uncritical journalistic reporting.Here are a few headlines in Indian media screaming that 15% of Indians
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Kulvinder Kaur MD
dockaurG
"It is not possible to get zero Covid. It is an impossible goal.. At this point the virus is so widespread that zero Covid would be utterly disastrous to even
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Kishan Patel
kish_petal
A thread about a desperately needed public health approach to gambling. RTs appreciated! "The public health approach involves defining and measuring the problem."So have we defined and measured gambling-harm? IMHO,
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Montaigne
Montaigne01
Perhaps the best single thread I’ve seen on Covid response and public health more generally.Many thanks to Martin Kulldorff for standing up for rationality against irrational panic and monomania.https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
Until about a year ago, there were two recognised strategies to deal with a pandemic, namely 'suppression' and 'mitigation'. Those are extremes on a spectrum of stringency, and it was
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brian lucey
brianmlucey
1/20 Everybody is sick of covid. Everybody wants it to go away. But ....it wont. Sorry. It wont. A thread #covid #simples 2/20 Despite what we wish for, this is
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Stephanie deGiorgio
DrSdeG
Can I ask again who, in SAGE, or I SAGE, or the govt, or epidemiology circles, takes account of the NON-COVID health and emotional harm done from decisions taken around
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
Analogy: “Drunk driving car accidents don’t kill people—metal and concrete kills people, & maybe their internal bleeding”Wanna know what causes heart attacks in a 41 year old Congressman-elect w/ no
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Health Nerd
GidMK
The entire field of epidemiology is about balancing cost and benefit, risk and reward. There is no choice without consequences, even the seemingly trivial ones Most Master of Public Health
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Isabel Ott
IsabelOtt
Here’s the thing about short-term viral infections: by the time you realize you’re Really Sick and identify why, 98% of the time, you are past the point that a virus
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Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧
post_liberal
‘Almost a third of 17-year-olds have tried cannabis and one in ten have tried harder drugs, such as cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine, with similar rates of experimentation regardless of parents’
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