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Clay Travis
ClayTravis
Arizona has begun antibody testing in their state. So far 3.5% are testing positive. That would mean 255,500 have had coronavirus in state as opposed to 10,526 who have tested
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Megan L. Srinivas, MD MPH
YourlocalIDdoc
Let’s talk about herd immunity! A thread...(1/8) Herd immunity a type of protection that happens when enough people in a population are immune to an infectious disease, like the influenza
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Noah Smith 🐇
Noahpinion
Finally, an antibody test in a high-prevalence area (NYC)!21% of New Yorkers infected + 1% death rate = 17,600 deathsThat's not too far off from the 15,400 reported by the
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Apoorva Mandavilli
apoorva_nyc
Germany is considering "immunity certificates" for people who have positive antibody tests. This is hugely premature for at least three reasons. A short thread. a) The tests we have now
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Laura Eismont
laura_eismont
In order for natural immunity to occur, it involves 2 different types of antibodies. For those that are curious as to the science behind this, I found my notes from
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아나탈
gatamchun
The main points of this Korean CDC report on the cases in Korea that have been re-tested positive for COVID19, even after being treated and cleared for the virus(This is
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Holly Witteman, PhD
hwitteman
I’m starting to see discussion about serological testing for COVID19 antibodies as one of the ways that we will be able to safely allow people to start to interact more.
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Manal Mehta
manal_mehta
Comprehensive approach by Ray Deshaies of @Amgen re: working with @AdaptiveBiotech to search for #COVIDー19 antibodies & merging data with @Decode_Science Adaptive: Algos to search for neutralizing antibodies Decode: Studying
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F Rodriguez-Sanchez
frod_san
This is very important. And it applies to any predictive model, not just COVID tests. Models with 95 or 99% 'accuracy' can still produce many false positives/negatives.1/nhttps://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1247449207956537345 This figure n
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The Immunologist
eclecticbiotech
A small thread on the basic mathematics of diagnostic testing. Loosening social distancing guidelines and reopening cities/nations with the #COVID19 antibody test that we currently have may put healthy, susceptible
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World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO
There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.https://bit.ly/3bE1l9g #coronavirus The development of immunity to a pathogen through natural
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
Reading the transcript of Whitty/Vallance lecture yesterday. I quote: “so about eight per cent, so 3 million or so people, may have been infected and have antibodies. It means that
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Miguel Hernán
_MiguelHernan
BREAKING NEWS: Preliminary results of Spain's seroprevalence study #ENECOVID.>60,000 participants Antibodies for #SARSCoV2:5% of Spanish population11% in region with highest incidence (Madrid)So far from herd immunity in country with 2nd
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வர்ஷ்னி 🥀
varsh_20
Plasma donation-A thread * What is plasma ? Plasma - fluid part of the blood * Why is plasma donated ? Plasma of a recovered individual
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Nayyar Ahmed, PhD
Muslim_Scientst
#Coronavirus Thread Part 3 Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that "antibody test is coming in a week or so". What does #antibody mean?#Antibodies are proteins in the immune system that are
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Debbi Morello
debmorello
With all the hype from #Trump and #CoronvirusTaskForce THREAD ON ANTI-BODY TESTING - OPINION ONLY from top doctor I trust. Sharing FWIW: "I know there has been a lot of
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