#Specificity

Sabina Walker 😀 Master Appl Science (Neuroscience

SabinaWalker18

1/x Testing = CasesThis ALSO:(1) #False_Positive PCR results (compared to True Positives)especially if #asymptomatics tested&(2) #NON_infectious cases IF excess Ct cutoffLeads to #erroneous reporting of #NON_infectious

jeffrey spence

spence_jeffrey_

I'm a bit confused about the conclusions of the new preprint on serological testing in Santa Clara county.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v1 In the supplement they say 2 out of 371 + 35 known

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Technically, although it is beyond human decency, GOP has the constitutional authority to nominate a new SCOTUS pick even before RGB's funeral, and confirm quickly. BUT this shows not just

David Rosnick

ViscidKonrad

THREAD. A number of people have asked me for an opinion on what I will call the “Villegas Report” on the election in Bolivia. For now, let’s focus on Sections

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

mari

mariyam_archive

oof, i’ve definitely been guilty of thisexcept i don’t reply to people, i just get hurt internally and think too much about what they saidhttps://twitter.com/fembojj/status/1381333875893354496 i guess i’m not talking

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Important (but not surprising) studyRapid Antigen tests may be MORE, not less, accurate to detect VIABLE virus (i.e. transmissible virus) compared to the more sensitive PCR.But how?1/https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.02.202057

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

Good morning! Based on my latest poll, I’m going to start off this (short!) week with a non COVID heme #tweetorial. It turns out there are other conditions still affecting

Pandatheist

Pandatheist

Been scratching at this since yesterday and think Ive finally got my thoughts in order. First:I think this is an interesting prompt for discussion around design philosophy. Please please please

Itus Andronicus

RaynardFaux

From previous attempts at organizing with Ulises Farinas and talks with @Denniskitchen92 about what happened with Krigstein back in the day, I’ve come to the conclusion that the following the

Spooky Dr Paul Moffett

doctormoffett

Institutions have a will, independent of the people who run them. Individuals involved in the leadership of an institution can be more or less attuned to the will of the

Evan Cabnet

evancabnet

All theater is site specific. No production can separate itself from its physical context. But the space is only one part of "site specificity". (thread) Is the space a proscenium,

John Ferry

JohnFerry18

Maybe there's another way of looking at this. Thread of musings:We could start by recognising that separatist referendums in free democracies are almost never heard of (Quebec and Scotland are

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Misleading Stanford Covid diagnostic study is all over news. Flaws w/ this study (authors acknowledge) could trick you into thinking that getting shot in the head has a low chance

Eb

EbThen

Introducing people to the idea of intellectual ableism is like... on the one hand it's really exciting when people get it but it's also really stressful.Because it's so fundamental to

Dr David Robert Grimes

drg1985

Hi @JuliaHB1 - your claim here is highly misleading, and misunderstands #CovidTesting. I'll try explain why: firstly, the sensitivity of PCR #COVID19 test is ~98%, specificity 98.9%. Now, false positives