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David States
statesdj
Let’s stop with the “It’s just a bad flu” stuff. NYS serology data shows a 13.9% infection rate across NYS, 21% in NYC. That means ~20k deaths (15k confirmed) among
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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
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Dave Vanness
djvanness
Can anyone confirm these serology testing results from Oise France (see thread for details)? If the immunity ratio in this region is 10%, that implies a very low ascertainment rate
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Federico Andres Lois
federicolois
Controversial opinion: those that say its not possible to shield the vulnerable, also won't be able to prove if there is a difference (or lack of it) between the trajectory
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CovModel
CovModel
We've used our #Scotland #SIR model to interpret most recent sero tests published a few hours ago by @EEID_oxford. We propose a workflow to assess "rho" one of the biggest
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
When we don't measure important stuff.A thread about the immune response to #SARSCoV21. Since serology/IgG can be readily measured, this is what is conventionally used to assess an individual's responseThat's
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
DrSidMukherjee
1/n IMPORTANT: Can someone please publish a homology map of all the beta coronaviruses that have been circulating in human populations ? Why? Because at least 2-3 papers suggest that
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Tyler E Miller, MD, PhD
TylerEMiller
Recently, our #COVID19 serology group @MGHPathology became aware that a disproportionate number of COVID19 cases were from Chelsea, a small town near Boston. We wanted to help public health &
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Justin Fox
foxjust
This so totally confirms my priors that of course I believe it. :-) But it's also almost by definition a more meaningful result than the ones that have come out
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Patrick Hsu
pdhsu
German study on viral load kinetics and seroconversion timescale, out in @nature. Highlights huge time sensitivity of swab testing, viral loads in upper respiratory tract tank after ~5 days of
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Brian Bakst
Stowydad
. @GovTimWalz confirms a testing announcement is coming. Some details about the newly agreed to testing arrangement Had to cut out the quotes from officials to get the details out.
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Jonathan Ball
JonathanKBall
1/nI have noticed a flurry of 'us and them' tweets (great Floyd track BTW) around NHS Accredited labs versus uni labs and there roles and value in #COVID testing 2/n
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Panel Power
PanelPowerIrl
Visited my new GP practice for serological testing for immunity to SAR-CoV-2 but she didn't have a clue about them & sent me instead for a PCR test miles away
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Sam Bowman
s8mb
I have written with @pdmsero on Sweden as the Covid counterfactual – "Live free and die".https://thecritic.co.uk/live-free-and-die-swedens-coronavirus-experience/ We describe what we know now about Covid – that it is extremely
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Mark Murphy
DrMarkMurphy
A few points about the 2 common diagnostic #tests & #COVID19The nasal-swab test which looks for viral particles & an acute infection The antibody test for a past-COVID19 infectionWe need
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Joshua Weitz
joshuasweitz
This thread will take a few steps, and begins with a premise:Testing for viral shedding (via PCR) is critical and we need more of it (far more), but it's not
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