Gregg GonsalvesSo, trying to figure out where all the epidemiologists are. I see them here and there on this site, but there is nothing like #epitwitter yet. If you see an epidemiologist wandering around Mastodon, send them my way!
Laborarzt@gregggonsalves Here in Germany we have a lack of great epidemiologists in general. Not only on Mastodon.
Roman Pokora@Veiel @gregggonsalves To be honest, those are the Twitter comments I haven't missed on Mastodon so far. I come from a radiation and cancer research background and don't really see the problem there. But since I know your specialist includes an infectious disease epidemiologist, why do you see a problem there? I do have a specific opinion on that, but I would be interested in your opinion. #Epidemiology #Epidemiologie
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves I had prepared an answer to your first question, but you deleted it. I don't want to bother you with comments you haven't missed on Twitter.
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves And probably I should have specified that I was talking about ID epidemiology.
@Veiel @gregggonsalves I had noticed that my question was also written in Twitter style. I like this here so much better than Twitter. I have to admit that I enjoyed the garbage there, but it just doesn't do any good to talk to you followers and not talking with each other.
@Veiel @gregggonsalves Yes, I understand with infectious disease epidemiologists in Germany your opinion. We have the RKI and the HZI in Braunschweig and after that I can't think of any infection epidemiologist outside of tropical medicine at any university.
@Veiel @gregggonsalves I remember May 2020 when Drosten called for an investigation into working conditions in the meat processing industry on the NDR podcast. We were actually looking for help from outside, but didn't find any, although everyone thought it was good.
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves There are good scientists in ID epidemiology both at RKI and HZI, but there is no leader who navigates us through the pandemic. Maybe Gérard Krause has the potential, but either he hasn't been heard by the public or he didn't speak loud enough.
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves By the way, I think cancer epidemiology is good in Germany.
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves I was thinking about someone like Michael Baker in New Zealand:
https://twitter.com/NewshubNationNZ/status/1545531795155951617
https://twitter.com/NewshubNationNZ/status/1545531795155951617
Newshub Nation on Twitter
“'If you go out when you have this infection and infect your friends and family...you are going to kill some people - just like drinking and driving. We need a massive shift in thinking,' Prof. Michael Baker says we need to start taking this COVID wave more seriously #NationNZ”
@Veiel @gregggonsalves At least I finally know why interdisciplinary exchange on different radiation topics, as for instance operational readiness and responsibilities in the event of radiological incidents, radiation protection and research is not the worst idea.
@Veiel @gregggonsalves I agree with you that structures should slowly be built up in Germany to navigate at least during the next pandemic.
@ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves Lothar Wieler is a good scientist and institute director, too. But I think he is not a genuine epidemiologist, and he is not that good at convincing the masses.
@Veiel I actually liked Drosten and then found his resignation a great pity. I also thought Wieler was good. I wouldn't have liked to see an epidemiologist or public health expert instead of them. I see these areas more as a complement and appreciate the interdisciplinary collaboration, which is why I would have added an epidemiologist more as a support.
Kleintierzoowärter 🔬🧫@Veiel @ecological_fallacy @gregggonsalves unfortunately, Krause got too deep into project SORMAS, which was nearly unusable for local health authorities, if not established before COVID19. IT didn't Work an Support was too few people.
@KleinTierWart @Veiel Ich mag ja Gérard, aber ich glaube eine Person alleine kann nicht den Unterschied machen. Ohne die passenden Strukturen ist das glaube ich einfach zu viel. Alleine das man der Charité dann Fördergelder gibt und eine Uniklinik sich um die Verteilung im großen Stil kümmern muss.
@ecological_fallacy @KleinTierWart Ja, wir können jetzt gerne auf deutsch weiterdiskutieren. Herr Gonsalves scheint an dem Thema ja kein Interesse zu haben.
@Veiel @KleinTierWart verständlicherweise 😅
@ecological_fallacy @KleinTierWart Nun, er suchte ja Kontakt zu Epidemiologen. Jetzt hat er welchen. Zumindest einen. Ich verstehe mich selbst nicht als echten Epidemiologen, obwohl ich Infektionsepidemiologie in meiner Gebietsbezeichnung stehen habe. Bin auch interessiert und habe Grundkenntnisse. Aber im Kern bin ich medizinischer Mikrobiologe.