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Dalila
DalilaAtiqah
What does it mean by #sensitivity vs #sensitivity? what are false positive rate and false negatives? How are they calculated? Here's a simple explanation [Thread] #medtwitter #tweetorial SENSITIVITY aka true
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SEX WEEK at OSU
sexweekosu
We actually didn’t plan this, but this week just so happens to also be National #STDweek !I think this is a good time to chat about a question that I
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Samuel Brown
DrSamuelBrown
This CDC thing about a small minority of the COVID deaths being among previously healthy individuals? A few thoughts. First, we already knew that SARS-CoV-2 is ruthlessly Darwinian in its
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Jennifer Brea🦒
jenbrea
What I‘ve learned from my mentions the last 48 hours: if you have an actual mental health condition, God help you if you ever develop cancer, an autoimmune disease, or
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UF Prisma-P
UFprismap
The link between cardiovascular & renal disease in chronic critical illness (CCI):In our review for @MDPIOpenAccess, we define the epidemiology of cardiovascular & renal disease in CCI, summarize pathophysiology, and
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Fiqah Is Openly Cat
sassycrass
You know what's a bug out? Hearing speculation about how African-Americans are dying from #COVID19 at alarming rates because of pre-existing conditions like hypertension, diabetes and heart disease - with
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
This figure (via @ScottGottliebMD) receiving a lot of attentionAnd folks rightly point out mortality rates lower for young than for elderlyBut thats true for every diseaseSo as point of reference:How
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Rich "The People's Pundit" Baris
Peoples_Pundit
Dr. Stephen Smith, an infectious disease expert in New York on @IngrahamAngle, just now said, "I think this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. I'm very serious."His
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CJTRUTH
cjtruth
Interesting angle Syndrome K: The Fake Disease That Fooled the Nazis and Saved Liveshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93650/syndrome-k-fake-disease-fooled-nazis-and-saved-lives Insert Covid-19 and trafficked children for rescued Jews...Is history r
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Timothy B. Lee
binarybits
I keep seeing people assume that COVID won't be under control until there's a vaccine. That doesn't have to be true. Several countries have brought their outbreaks under control already
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Maria Regina Hanson
MariaReginaHan1
1) Something happened in the late 1960s when I was studying microbiology. Suddenly tuberculosis and leprosy became so virulent that it would not respond to the normal antibiotics used at
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SusieQ4USA🇺🇸
127bama
Update from CDCOf the 220,000 deaths reported as due to COVID, the actual cause was:88,208 - pneumonia & influenza 17, 799 - chronic respiratory disease 26, 365 - respiratory distress
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ted | BLM | ACAB | long boy | ia because school
tedistryinggg
what is stargardt's disease? an educational threadcontent warnings: talking about loss of sight, hospitals, medical stuff in general stargardt's disease is a genetic eye condition that affects the cone cells
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Sek Kathiresan MD
skathire
So, so frustrating to see this. When you don’t have control group, you really CAN’T estimate efficacy. Controlled studies are being done (some already completed). Let’s wait before declaring success.
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(EEK!)ristina 🐙🎃
mistborns
deeply debating whether or not to make a twitter thread solely devoted to weird/interesting facts i learn while going on intense wikipedia walks for example: did you know that in
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Professor Karol Sikora
ProfKarolSikora
Social distancing works.The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that before the lockdown one positive person would infect 2.6 other people.Now it's just 0.62.This means the virus is
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