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Margaret McCartney

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there is no good outcome here, no harmless intervention, but the lack of honesty, expressed uncertainty, attempts to reduce uncertainty, ego, belief in failing private sector, brexit, failure to consider

that NNT = 12 for exercise advice in primary care keep seeing on twitter. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1389 . the interventions were not done by GPs ad hoc. resourced, organised- eg 12

Test and trace has a fatal error. As we have pointed out on #insidehealth for weeks, the gov has refused to say what the false negative rate is. This means

at the beginning of corona I was thinking yes we must work together. don't be too critical of people in power doing best. this is all v difficult. dig in,

potential harms: false reassurance-> sub/un/conscious/deliberate increased risky behaviours. false reassurance-> policy makers relax restrictions assuming efficacy. social issues: communication, for lipreading/deaf people, issues folk with cogn

why be so bothered about unintended consequences? it sounds good, it sounds like it might work. People have good intentions, care deeply, want to do something useful. and yet: when

"To our knowledge, there are no trials of cloth masks in the general public."https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1435.long "Compared to no masks there was no reduction of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases or influenza for

at times like these, we really do need to stick to EVIDENCE. it will always be incomplete. any course of action risks unintended consequences. we have to be honest about

GPs: reports that some are prescribing azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine to patients with suspected/confirmed #covid19 and who are being looked after at home. thread. this should only be done in high