#Tracing

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So the CDC Director greenlighted Pence for tonight's debate, saying "the CDC concludes from a public health standpoint, it is safe for the Vice President to participate in the upcoming

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Relatively strong claims are being made about transmission based on absence of evidence from contact tracing (CT) (e.g. CDC saying spreading from surfaces unlikely; little outdoor transmission; children rarely spread

Rich

RockboltG

A quick thread looking at Germany's figures.A lot has been made of their ability to test, track and trace at the start of the outbreak - could that be why

Sam Freedman

Samfr

The weird thing is that since the lockdown started the Govt has done broadly the right things - good economic package; put in place testing capacity; building tracing capacity; maintaining

Nanyingi Mark 🏀⛹️‍♂️🚴

Nanyingih

CORONAVIRUS #LOCKDOWN ?Thread #Lockingdown the entire population by assuming that anyone could be carrying the virus is impractical, the most pragmatic approach would be a more nuanced and data-driven approach

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This is a phenomenal article on the potential of different sorts of testing, and the ways that we are limited by demands for sensitivity and specificity. There's one important thing

(((Howard Forman)))

thehowie

#SouthKorea Update & News1. 25 patients tested positive for antibodies: 12 (48%) STILL positive by PCR for #SARSCoV2 in respiratory samples. (No further info at this time). 2. Overall, South

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Please look at this Table I made from Johns Hopkins and Worldometer and case study data, and consider what it means (1) THREAD South Korea saw their first ten deaths on

Matthew Green

matthew_d_green

I feel like the crypto in the COVID tracing apps is so simple that it doesn’t need much explanation. But I also see plenty of people nervous about the privacy

Alisha Holland

ProfTortuga

Excited to have been part of this collaboration to think about #HowWeReopen and adapt the TTSI framework to a global context with @divyasiddart, @belindaarch, @fannan2316, Rohini Somanathan, and @jccardenas1965.https://ethics.harvard.edu/global-pande

peter kilmarx

PeterKilmarx

THREAD on #ContactTracing. Slow progress, workforce challenges, and lack of coordination implementing a critical intervention to reopening America. Many aspects are "All over the map," except there is no map

Julia Prague

julia_prague

As a frontline NHS doctor I plead with you, PLEASE: We don’t have the strategies we need yet to “stay alert and control the virus” - testing, contact tracing etc

Farzad Mostashari

Farzad_MD

1/ I was glad to be asked by @ScottGottliebMD & @ASlavitt to sign on to this important bipartisan proposal to CongressLet me tell you why I liked this proposal, and

Paul McNamara

meta4RN

“My understanding is that this operates via a Bluetooth handshake, and right now that’s the only safe handshake we’re allowed to have.” @AbutlerAnnie, Registered Nurse and Federal Secretary of @anmf_federal

Tom Lebrun

tolebrun

J'ai attendu d'avoir suffisamment d'éléments en main (et en tête) pour décider quoi penser des applications de "tracing" COVID. Finalement, je suis bel et bien contre. Un petit résumé des

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Today, we're standing up a project called NextTrace that aims to enable digital participatory contact tracing and guide #COVID19 surveillance efforts. See a full description here https://nexttrace.org/about or get the