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Carl
Carl_M79
Anyone else think a large percentage of the UK already have or have had covid-19 but have brushed it off as something else or just been asymptomatic? Seems a hell
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen
angie_rasmussen
"New evidence has emerged from China indicating that the large majority of coronavirus infections do not result in symptoms." (cue internal screaming) The BMJ should know that asymptomatic and presymptomatic
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numinosity
numinosity
i’ve been skeptical of the seemingly arbitrary 2-week isolation period - particularly in light of so many asymptomatic carriers - and curious as to why it was touted so widely.
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Megan McArdle
asymmetricinfo
Going to take a stab at explaining what this might mean, and why it matters.https://twitter.com/paulbohm/status/1252977663796371458 So basically, there's been a lot of discussion of whether covid produces a lot of
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antihero_kate
antihero_kate
People I’ve known with coronavirus:Kevin: confirmed. Recovered at home from flu-like symptoms. 40, excellent health/fitness. Wife and 2 children in home asymptomatic. Keith: 45-ish, marathon athlete. 75 y/o dad lives
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Lewis Goodall
lewis_goodall
On holiday but on procedures in care homes: in my experience following this story from start of crisis there was actually a lot of concern about asymptomatic transmission in the
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Jennifer Cabrera
jhaskinscabrera
A thread on PCR testing and cycle thresholds. More details are available in the linked article: 1/11https://rationalground.com/why-mass-pcr-testing-of-the-healthy-and-asymptomatic-is-currently-counter-productive/ The problem is that current
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Dr Clare Craig
ClareCraigPath
If I were health secretary I would have a weekly report by NHS Trust on the percentage of ‘COVID’ ITU admissions that have ground glass changes on chest CT (which
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ Has anyone seen data on the testing specs for rtPCR (sensitivity/specificity) in asymptomatic/presymptomatic #covid19 patients?This is critical-- but if there is low sensitivity/high false negative in this patient population,
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David W. Higgins
higginsdavidw
936 new cases (+5.6%)17,607 total cases25 new deaths, bringing the total to 794(28 new, less 3 deaths denotified).I'm not worried about the jump in new cases. I'll explain.1/https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1253021827988930564 Ireland
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Pam McAllister
MacsgirlPam
Fourth rate journalist thinks Covid-19 is 'ZERO threat to kids and their healthy parents'. She needs to look up 'asymptomatic'..... Funny how dogpiling ALWAYS begins when it's in defence of
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Justin Hart
justin_hart
A few are quickly dismissing serology studies but they're ALL trending in the same direction: 2% to 4% of the population may have already have faced down #COVID19.LOTS of implications
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Gabriel Mitchell
GabiAMitchell
#Israel's government is weighing various plans to reduce the lockdown after #Passover , including a gradual opening of schools for special needs students, permitting reduced capacity public transportation, and keeping
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Markus Namekian Lee
SpikeBoyQ
Another corona virus thread, this one might not be as cheery as my last one, so strap in: I took the total numbers from today, as well as some other
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Gregory Travis
greg_travis
1/Time to dissect https://www.pandata.org/a-critical-analysis-of-the-covid-response/* "All prior knowledge indicates that epidemics are not driven by asymptomatic individuals"A: Polio has a 95% asymptomatic incidence. Virtually ev
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Dennis Crowley
dens
Re: “opening the economy”. I’m all for an over abundance of caution, but I don’t understand why “take your temperature before entry to office/restaurant” is a good plan especially when
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