#Specificity

Benjamin Mazer

BenMazer

I think it's become clear that rapid antigen testing for COVID19 proponents are simply unserious. They prop up a straw man: that lab medicine impractically worships the god of sensitivity.

Will Fithian

wfithian

I am grateful to moderator @jonc101x and speaker @jsross119 for allowing me to make a brief statement at the very interesting Stanford BMIR seminar yesterday (43:00 mark). A lightly edited

Dr Russell McGregor

KillAuDeepState

1) Thread - VERY IMPORTANTHave we outsourced verification and creation of the VICTORIA COVID-19 outbreak to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 2) The Victorian “second-wave” is being used by

k'eguro

keguro_

this introduction is inviting and generous I like it Prof. Gloria Wekker up now Started engaging with afropessimism because was asked by editor if she wanted to write a review

MarcoPalombo

MarcoPalombo3

Even if a bit late, I'm pleased to introduce the official twitter digest of our recent @Neuroimage_EiC paper on SANDI: Soma And Neurite Density Imaging (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116835), joint work with @AndradaIanus

🥩 What If You Suddenly Obtained Meat? 🥩

L0ST_VEGAS

[thread]I have commenced reading @/NORMALHOROSCOPE ‘s Amber Skies, which you can find HEREhttps://archiveofourown.org/works/23859124?view_adult=true&view_full_work=trueI’ll give a play by play of my thoughts, y’all should check it

Colin West

ColinWestMDPhD

1/32 Okay #medtwitter #epitwitter , as promised here’s a #Tweetorial on diagnostic test performance study design. Who am I to do this? My PhD is in #biostatistics, I direct the

Mark Hertling

MarkHertling

After one of my @CNN appearances, one of the anchors asked me off-air why I had confidence in Ukraine's army to push back agains the illegal Russian military onslaught.I used

BBN

BigBiteNow

1/15ODX confirmation of Mologic test final numbers,"sensitivity of 98.4% on samples with a cycle threshold (Ct) of < 20 (85% overall sensitivity on samples with Ct values ranging from 9.8

Hardy AIM 🎯

AimHardy

#AVCT Avacta today announce the initial global diagnostic manufacturing partner for their lateral flow testBBI has a global reach, 5 manufacturing hubs in 5 different countries, spanning 4 continents.This means

Arinola Ifeoma Awokoya- Boli means peace of mind

iyaboawokoya

1. A good morning to us and thank God for clement weather. Some days ago I was asked to shed some light on the Executive Orders and their import-whether they

The Black Emma Frost (Read Pinned Tweet)

iwritecoolstuff

'You're a practicing psychotherapist. Can you define "mental illness"?No. Nobody can.The DSM lists "disorders." How are disorders different from diseases or illnesses?The difference between disease and disorder i

Pandatheist

Pandatheist

Action paralysis and complexity cost: a threadAction Paralysis(AP) is one of the most heavily considered design concerns in board games, but I very rarely hear about it in rpg discussions.

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Professionals can draw recommendations based on scientific evidence using their own critical thinking. The authors' interpretation is not sacred unless science has become scripture now. 1/nhttps://twitter.com/Chaitmac/status/13906114055

Kate

Asilverlining20

Thread: 1) Massive PCR testing campaigns are resulting in the quarantine of healthy individuals, temporary business & school closures, mask mandates, & unnecessary panic and fear. Damage is being done

Harold Pollack

haroldpollack

I found this 2013 post, where I proposed a set of quantitative skills every reporter should have to cover health care+public policy. These are roughly the skills I'd expect of