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James Wilson
jamewils
Indiscipline, antigen tests & possible mutation behind Delhi Covid surge — Expert Panel ChiefAntigen tests create a false security in the people as both PCR & antigen takes swabs but
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Emma Hilton
FondOfBeetles
Corona tests. To clear up confusion. PCR test | Tests for CURRENT INFECTION by detecting virus genetic material. Antigen test | Tests for CURRENT INFECTION by detecting virus protein. Antibody
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uché blackstock, md
uche_blackstock
Rapid antigen testing is a game changer. After spending the last 7 months performing PCR testing with anywhere from 3-14 day turnaround, it’s satisfying to actually have results with a
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Rukmini S
Rukmini
Here's a new problem for India's testing data: states like Delhi are conducting both RT-PCR tests and antigen tests, but reporting positive test numbers combined. Antigen tests have much more
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Joey Palacios 😷
Joeycules
1/ Thread: San Antonio Metro Health will separate confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases. Probable cases are from antigen tests, however, San Antonio Metro Health says the cases are indeed positive
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Italy in UK
ItalyinUK
From 8 October anyone entering Italy after being in the UK at any time in the previous 14 days must take a covid-19 test. 1/4 Travellers can comply with this
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Michael Kronenberg
SubBasepair_Res
Ribas et al. 2020 shows that melanoma PDLi responders have higher levels of pre-treatment HLA gene expr. in bulk tumor RNA relative to non-responders, with the difference being amplified upon
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Lauren Caruba
LaurenCaruba
Wow, from reading this thread you’d think San Antonio was inflating its COVID case counts. That would be a big deal! Here’s what’s actually happening.https://twitter.com/steveeagar/status/1283575782175014916 Like PCR tests, antigen te
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Robert Peston
Peston
I am pleased that so many of you are deriving pleasure from the way that Jonathan Van Tam slapped down my question about whether a Chinese test for antibodies -
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Matt Dempsey
mizzousundevil
This story about Texas not including antigen results in its public reports came directly from the HC Data Team's nightly counts.@jordan_rubio @stephanierlamm and I got the tip from updating our
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Brian Hjelle, virologist
hjelle_brian
Today is day +1 of my vaccine. What is the vax doing? What are my immune cells doing? (Thread)... The recombinant adenovirus has entered into many cells whose only job
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Saket Gokhale
SaketGokhale
Lies about Kumbh Mela & Covid:I'd filed an RTI with CMO Haridwar asking how many Covid-19 tests were conducted in the 14-day period from 1st April to 14th April at
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Edward Nirenberg
ENirenberg
I'm seeing a lot of nonsense about boosting the immune system lately, so here's a far-too-long thread on what "boosting the immune system" really means and why 1) you can't
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Jen Heemstra
jenheemstra
You may have heard about the massive number of COVID-19 tests being run as colleges try to bring students back to campus. These “rapid” antigen tests provide results in 15
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
I posted this thread earlier because there's a serious challenge ahead: now that antigen tests are being used on a huge scale (WHO bought 120M; Abbott is producing ~50M/month), key
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Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬
lymanstoneky
I unironically think this is fine and we should do at least some version of it in America.https://twitter.com/berniespofforth/status/1320860041910591489 In principle, the best thing to do is quarantine all close contacts
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