#Prevalence

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I'm a strong advocate of testing as an important pillar of the coronavirus pandemic response. There is often confusion about what testing offers, and I think it's helpful to

Daniel T Leung

GlobalGutHealth

Now out: Our article in @SciImmunology on uses for SARS-CoV-2 serology. @JulietBryantBr1 @andrewazman @TheFerrariLab @ben83638 @maciekboni @KylaHayford @michaelmina_lab @isabelrodbar @yapboum2.https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/47/

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

More data on the #COVID19 attack rate in New York. Doctors screened all expectant moms at one NY hospital and found 29/210 (13.8%) were asymptomatic and positive. Exposure in New

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 70First, @ucsfhospitals, 15 cases, 6 on vents (Fig L). Mild uptick. SF hospitalizations stable-to-down (52 now). Cases plateaued, still averaging ~40/d – no change in

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

SAGE testing strategy document Aug 31st. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/914931/s0712-tfms-consensus-statement-sage.pdfIt includes a good description of the issues with PCR, bu

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

Positive predictive and negative predictive value are very important concepts in any screening test. I'll quickly break it down for everyone./1https://twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1260603128396697600 Let's say that a test is 90% specific (10%

Skateboard B

DrowsyRebel

In the absence of sound data we should not rule out other causes of deaths in Kano such as cholera, Lassa fever, Meningitis, and malaria. Overcrowding, environmental/personal hygiene, abuse of

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

A further 3,105 #COVID19 cases in the UK over the past 24 hours. UK trajectory following pretty much bang in line with France & Spain. Should we be panicking already...?

Dr Alan Maddison

alanmaddison20

1/ Congratulations @Keir_Starmer, I wish you every success. I agree we need to regain the trust between 300k British Jews and 600k Labour members. May I suggest we build our

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

RVAwonk

I mean... I’m glad the media cares about health disparities all of a sudden, but coronavirus isn’t “revealing” anything that wasn’t already revealed long ago in birth outcomes, prevalence of

Dr David Robert Grimes

drg1985

Exasperating to read hot takes on how testing ought to be done or why it's apparently bad by people who quite clearly don't know first thing about how screening works.

Ashley Holub

ashtroid22

1. In trying to understand the extent of the CDC whistleblower reports I did some reading. One of the top hits on Google is actually an old CDC Whistleblower report

Chris Hatton

chrishattoncedr

In time for the @HumanRightsCtte session, @NHSEngland have just published statistics on COVID-19 deaths of people with learning disabilities from the LeDeR programme. They are herehttps://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/covid-19-deaths-of-pa

Alex Washburne

Alex_Washburne

@inschool4life, Nathaniel Hupert and I recently crunched some numbers suggesting millions of undetected COVID cases in the US the month of March.What have we learned since then, what do we

John Roberts

john_actuary

The latest ONS infection survey shows dramatic falls across the UK, with England falling by over 40% and Wales by 50% in just one week. (Data is to 24th April.)E

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

ONS

Using more detailed ethnic group categories and measures of pre-existing health conditions from hospital data we’ve built on previous analyses of ethnic disparities in deaths involving #COVID19 http://ow.ly/bWAJ50BU8EQ Considering d