#Presymptomatic

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

1/3 New study shows that people with #COVID19 may be most infectious before their symptoms develop. The authors estimate that - on average - about 44% of secondary cases were

Allister Hill

BoomChatter

They work folks! #Masks4All https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1246048594672537606 BUT! It's worth keeping in mind (especially in everyday use and with non-sterile ones) that masks may not work to protect you, but rather to

Scafe says wear a gd mask

erinscafe

Since our government is useless, I’d like to clear up a few things for everyone right now: 1. masks don’t protect the wearer, they protect the people around them in

Helen Branswell

HelenBranswell

1. @WHO weighs in on the "to mask, or not to mask (the public)" question. "...there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask ... by healthy persons in the

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Good morning.Our testing czar says our testing levels are "sufficient".That declining testing is not a problem -- because cases are declining.Seems reasonable, right?Actually, no. The data tells us a different,

Parler: @PaulSchmehl #2020GOPLandslide

PaulSchmehl

Thread: This CDC report shows that people who are asymptomatic can spread the infection and later become symptomatic. So testing only symptomatic persons misses at least half the cases of

A.M.

bhalomanush

There is a growing body of work that SARS-CoV-2 is aerosolized during breathing and speech. It’s not just coughing and sneezing we should be concerned about. This is consistent with

Neha Limaye, MD

neha_limaye

During this unfortunate @BrighamWomens COVID-19 outbreak, blaming us, the “weary” workers, is not the solution. As a resident affected by this outbreak, here are the realities of why healthcare workers

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

I wanted to give a basic picture of why #TestTraceIsolate is so important to the control of the #COVID19 epidemic and why we need to move quickly when testing and

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Some new insights about presymptomatic and asymptomatic transition and timing in @NEJM report todayhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2008457?articleTools=true Asymptomatic #COVID19, the "Achilles' Heel of controlling the pandemic&qu

Danae Hudlow

danae_hudlow

A short period of time in close contact with an infected person (likely presymptomatic, so someone who seems perfectly healthy!) OR a longer period of time *distanced* but sharing the

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

Absolute knock-out paper by @SunKaiyuan and colleagues on SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A few highlights: 1. Kids less susceptible than adults, but just as infectious2. Presymptomatic spread ~50%3. Quarantine/isolation not enough in

Shelby Hintze

ShelbyHintze

I think something people are missing in the discussions around stay at home orders is limiting the exposure for essential workers. People saying “well I have to do [fill in

Prathit Kulkarni, MD

PrathitKulkarni

(1/16) First, regardless of one's politics, I am confident we can all at least agree that we don't desire a bad clinical outcome for any member of our society.If accurate,

Dr. Elizabeth Murray

DocEMurray

Lots of discussion in NY today about whether or not @NYGovCuomo is hinting that schools will require frequent testing of students in conjunction with opening. Let’s remember what testing can

Dr Mark Langer

TheRealDoctorM2

Every day we are learning more about this coronavirus genetically, biologically, clinically, and epidemiologically. Every day I am more convinced this foe isn't that tough.We know it's very contagious (though