#Infections

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

Laura Miers

LauraMiers

“Double mutant” Covid strain originally discovered in India has been reported in the Bay Area. “The new variant has two mutations, including one found in the California strain, in the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Outbreak—47 positive #COVID19 of a 188 seat Vistara flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive, after all tested negative 72 hours prior. The scariest thing? Only 8

Katherine Crocker PhD supports #BLM

cricketcrocker

So that paper on BMI and “obesity” is finally in proofs stage and I’m already bracing for the reaction in case anyone reads it.I’m waiting for a zoom meeting to

Tom Elliott

tomselliott

Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines. 1) NHS Scotland sees hundreds die after hospitals keep patients on waiting lists as Covid is prioritized 2) In Bay Area,

The Analysis

teamanalysis_

As battles #COVIDSecondWave, we take a deep dive into how the global media reported (and continues to do so) India's response to the #COVID19 crisis. (LONG) Thread. Thanks for

V.

vibhurishi

lets look back at the first half of 2020. When I conceptualized https://vibhurishi.pythonanywhere.com/ I wanted an way to look back at the year gone by and check what all happened.

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

My kids went back to school this week. Half in-person, half distance learning.There's lots of consternation on all sides about this decision in the midst of #COVID19. A thread. Half

Celia Kitzinger

KitzingerCelia

This afternoon I attended an "urgent" Court of Protection hearing via video-link. Another amputation case. A 43 year old man, FA, gangrene in both feet, at risk of fatal septicaemia.He's

oompaloompa

misshemlock

this second clip is already very widespread, but i'll include it anyways for those who have yet to see. on a podcast, he describes a 6-year-old he met as sexy

Natasha 🌈 ‏ نتاشا

nuts2406

When I entered the formal workforce in the mid 1990s, it was a male territory. Yes, there were women in middle and senior management, but the physical and mental spaces

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

OH CHRIST—Trump HHS just did full “power grab” takeover of all drug/vaccines. Via “stunning declaration” of authority, HHS Secretary Azar barred FDA from signing any new rules—power now “is reserved

Ben Wikler

benwikler

NEW: A *great* Dem just announced for Wisconsin's perhaps most hotly-contested state legislative seat. Brad Pfaff, @pfaff4senate, lifelong fighter for farmers, led @GovEvers Ag Dpt until GOP fired him for

daniel falush

DanielFalush

Why the west needs to move towards centralised quarantining, as soon as is practical. Time-critical policy threat, please retweet. 1/14 @Magda_Skipper @genemodeller @mrjamesob @piersmorgan @guardian @Telegraph when, in

Julia Symmes Cobb

JSymmesCobb

Numbers of confirmed coronavirus case mean very little without context on how many tests are taking place in a given country. In Latin America the scale of testing varies widely

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/It's time to party party party with:Coronavirus Tweets From the Experts, 5/26/2020https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/lists/coronavirus 2/How to keep coronavirus out of nursing homes:https://twitter.com/SaskiaPopescu/status/126550310981358