#Confirmatory

Jayne Gagliano

lareinamalvada

Just thinking aloud for #medtwitter and #researchtwitter...tl;dr New HIV testing algorithm and technology needed for people who inject drugs (PWID) and cannot provide a blood sample a for lab based

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

Sanjeev Sanyal

sanjeevsanyal

Am writing to get inputs on an important statistical issue relating to understanding the pandemic. Would like inputs from anyone in the world who has worked on it. It relates

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Urgent @US_FDA @CDCgov #AndWhoeverWillListenRapid paper strip tests can be extremely powerful public health toolsBut they cannot just be introduced without major information campaign AND clear algorithm for use - like

John Rentoul

JohnRentoul

What is happening in Scotland matters to the whole of the UK @indypremium https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/editors-letters/scotland-independence-brexit-nicola-sturgeon-polls-snp-a9613801.html Two polls (admittedly both from

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

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

A great deal of time has now passed since Sir Keir was elected leader of the Labour Party and after all the vote was quite close.Is it not therefore time

Studio Glibly

NoTotally

It has to be a given at this point that his administration has a plan to pack four years' worth of cruelty into three months in the event that he

david oliver

mancunianmedic

DEATH CERTIFICATON KLAXONI lot of rumour, myth and misinformation doing the rounds from people who have never filled out a death certificate mis-representing and insulting doctors who have filled out

Jayeluvbangsie JD

angeluvJaDine

Hello po @Elites2X @GianAnnie @JaDine__NATION @jadinethoughts ok lng po pa help ako pa spread nito.Please take time to read (not JD related)Hello good morning! Our darling Sabrina Alexis is

Samuel Brown

DrSamuelBrown

Some thoughts about the RECOVERY-DEX preprint. First, some more clarity about why it stopped--it hit the target sample size. Oddly, no discussion about alpha spend or what the DSMB reviewed.

Dr.Okaychukwu

OkayCorporation

Since we can't test everyone for the novel coronavirus to detect every single case of COVID-19, especially the asymptomatic ones, how about running the common medical tests (full blood count,

Dr Dominic Pimenta

DrDomPimenta

One last time then;We don’t know what the operational false positive (case) rate is.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/895843/S0519_Impact_of_false_positives_and_negatives.pdfFa

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Important (but not surprising) studyRapid Antigen tests may be MORE, not less, accurate to detect VIABLE virus (i.e. transmissible virus) compared to the more sensitive PCR.But how?1/https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.02.202057

⛑LynnFynn🇺🇸 🌱👩🏽‍⚕️🧬💊🥼

LynnFynn3

1) “We must all fight and, if necessary, die to teach people the truth.”Part of me didn’t even want to share this. There are a great many thousands of people

Demagogue_Bingo 🔶🌍🇪🇺🥛⚖️⚔️🦉🐝💀🎯☸️

BingoDemagogue

Here's what Boris should do; call a referendum on Scottish Independence. Bear with me... 1. Don't devolve the power to Holyrood. A constitutional referendum - run from Westminster, on UK