#Diagnostic

Rukmini S

Rukmini

Thread on testing and COVID-19 in India:India started with very low levels of testing, drives by a narrow testing strategy that began with a focus on symptomatic incoming travellers and

Awais Aftab

awaisaftab

*A thread*Imagine if u believed (not as a skeptical hypothesis, but genuinely believed) that all psychiatric medications are ineffective & harmful for vast majority of ppl who take them, imagine

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

https://medium.com/@KatyMontgomerie/what-rights-dont-trans-people-have-228c728f564a 1. Application for a GRA requires a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria was moved out of the sexual disorders category in the DSM 5 into a categ

Ryan Reeves

investing_city

Genomics Thread #6Let's talk about liquid biopsies... 1/ A liquid biopsy is usually a blood-based test that can detect cancer. How?By detecting either CTC (circulating tumor cells) or ctDNA (circulating

François Benoux

_benoux_

EVIDENCE, threadTheft is fraud (criminal law). Imagine a bank, gold is missing: what goes next? Liberals: Only in 1 bank? Not important! Show evidence for every bank! Criminal Law: a

Russell Dolan, MD

dolan_russell

1: What causes triglyceride elevation in pleural fluid studies?My previous understanding of this diagnostic test was recently challenged and lends credence to the fascinating diversity of pleural effusions/dz. (A #MedTwitter

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PulmCrit

Martin Tobin strikes again, with a painfully incisive editorial on whether COVID-19 is ARDS. this discussion is worth having, to debunk some mis-conceptions surrounding the concept of ARDS...(1/6). (full article:

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

To stop major outbreaks - we either need major behavioral change - seems unlikely - need to shutdown the economy again, vaccines (all of which problematic), or we need the

Megan Messerly

meganmesserly

Finally had a chance to go through the White House Coronavirus Task Force report published by @publicintegrity that shows Nevada in the "red" zone. Some thoughts: Oh, first of all,

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

I was going to spare Dr. Spencer the embarrassment of taking apart his piece in detail, but since he has asked:His errors, fallacies, and misleading statements are legion (and likely

dov

DovZeller

Here's some of the shit takes in this hell world we live in.If we're sick it's our fault. If we take meds to try to manage our illness there's something

Antimap Unit

antimapunit

(1) What is “Pedophilia?”: a thread.#antimap #mappride #nomap #pedophilia #pedophile #mappositivity #maprights (2) The merriam-webster dictionary defines “pedophilia” as “a sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sex

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

Amy

amymelissaestes

Thinking about live-tweeting my day as a public school teacher who is teaching virtually after reading comments about how teachers are lazy & should be giving parents half our checks,

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psychangul

Since a lot of MyDays have been talking about anxiety because of Day6's announcement. Here are some information about what anxiety is really about :) This is from the DSM-5,

Intersex Facts

intersexfacts

Okay, I need to say something about the @ACLU and their constant scaremongering about "invasive screenings". Bear with me, as I'm actually really angry about their portrayal of this, so