#Specificity

Lucy D’Agostino McGowan

LucyStats

I've seen a few papers describing the characteristics of people who tested positive for COVID-19 and this is sometimes being interpreted as describing people with certain characteristic's the *probability of

Valeria, RD, MPH

RDValerie

Vitamin B12 (A VERY LONG THREAD)Conventional method of testing for B12 deficiency is to test levels in the blood. The range is quite large: 160 to 950 pg/mL (Canada) and

Michał Krassowski (Mike)

krassowski_m

A true gem among #multiomics preprints: Integrative Network Fusion by @MarcoChierici, @nicole_bussola, @viperale, et al:✓ 3 TCGA cancers & simulated data✓ cross-validation described in detail✓ flow diagram✓ source code &

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

1. It's easier to poke holes in a study than to run a study yourself. We should expect many more SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in our future. So in the spirit of

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Deep Dive!This is an important thread about testing for SARS-CoV-2 which will explain:-why herd immunity is possible at 10-20%-why testing has really let us down and led to bad policy

Andre Watson 🧬💊💉

nanogenomic

We know that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has evolved to bind to the ACE2 receptor approximately 10x stronger than SARS-CoV-1. ACE2 also circulates in the blood. There are several mechanisms whereby

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 34Long thread today (sorry); lots to cover after that thing we used to call a weekend.@UCSFHospitals, we’re on downslope, w/ 17 cases, 3 intubated. Still

Society for Cultural Anthropology

culanth

Starting in 15 minutes!! If you can't make it, we'll be live-tweeting in this thread!https://twitter.com/culanth/status/1308083235126153221 We're off! @savannahshange begins by clarifying the difference between revolution and ab

Dan Morgan

dr_dmorgan

How good are doctors at diagnosis? This is the most relevant paper I have written. Not perfect but addresses a huge issue I think could change medicine if acknowledged…it has

Navya | 🌺🤍

guanshanjin

also just thinking about how whiteness pervades so much of mainstream lgbt culture. consider this whole aspect of mxtx antis saying “gays travel in a pack” let’s just set aside

Siddharth Misra

sidart_misra

How Cotton has contributed to the emergence of capitalism & colonialism? Understanding Cotton as an intersection of industrial, financial, & agricultural relations. Making of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and

Jeremiah Lewis

fringeblog

How do you make your writing stand out? This thought has given me so much anxiety, and I'm sure it has many of you as well. If you've thought a

Bharath Ramsundar

rbhar90

Going to tweet out a few ICLR submissions that look interesting based on their abstracts:https://openreview.net/forum?id=8mVSD0ETOXl Here's a neat theoretical paper on the capability of graph networks on the graph coloring

The Sharing Scientist

ScienceShared

The important thing to note with operation moonshot is that, realistically, it’s not going to be ready in time to even potentially prevent another second wave. Is it just another

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update April 20: The next narrative will be one of the states vs the federal government & who has responsibility for testing.The Hill, governors, WH, testing cos. I got

Maestro Rayo

maestro_rayo

1\n How to estimate how dangerous an infectious disease is? What is IFR and CFR? Why, on each side of the fence, they are pulling their eyes out. A thread