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Third Way

ThirdWayTweet

President Trump was lying back in March when he said anyone who wanted a test could get a test.And he's still lying today, boasting we have "unlimited testing" when we

Hot Med Student says STAY HOME

blondemedSJW

USMLE: “28 year old female presents with recurrent miscarriages....”Me: Antiphospholipid Ab Syndrome on to the next question In real life, this could be so many things. PID, cervical insufficiency, endometriosis,

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

Philippe Lemoine

phl43

So far we've been trying to figure out the proportion of the population that had already been infected, hence the focus on serological studies, but do we have good estimates

City of Boulder

bouldercolorado

County Public Health told #bouldercouncil that the state can currently test everyone with COVID-19 symptoms Correction: the State can NOT test everyone currently who exhibits symptoms and is working to

Michael Walker

michaeljswalker

Two options now:1. Lengthen lockdown, get transmission close to zero, don't loosen until capacity for mass test-and-trace. Contain virus. 2. Loosen lockdown soon, but keep social distancing in place to

Jim Al-Khalili

jimalkhalili

Some stats on the importance of accuracy of antibody tests for Coronavirus:1/7 Let us say that a test of whether you have had the Coronavirus, and have built up immunity,

Sandeep Parekh

SandeepParekh

The SC's order will be that hubris ridden decision - which will strike at the heart of a healthy future of India. Forcing private sector to offer a 4,500 Rs.

Deputy Mark G (MEDRET.) ³³º¹

MGC3I

Health update. Had my remote appt and based on symptoms and circumstances they’re going to test me for coronavirus. I’m waiting for the lab tech to call with the time

Neil Ashley

NotWIMM

@MattHancock : Hey Neil you've been quite critical of my Covid testing strategy so far. OK you scouse smartarse what would you do that's better?@NotWIMM : Hi Matt, well first

Ontario Dad

ONT_Dad

I don't like to do threads, but this is too important to ignore. Ontario is looking to not only put standardized testing online, but outsource it to a private company.

Dr. James P. Phillips, MD

DrPhillipsMD

As more and more cases are traced to this preventable White House superspreader event, affecting two, and maybe all three branches of the government, the critical lesson remains clear. We

Red Sky At Night

redskyatnight

Hello. I’ve been working in communications for 22 years. This is one of the most shockingly inept comms efforts I have ever seen in my life. It fails every basic

anonymousghana.com

qweku_malone

Digital Verification Of COVID-19 Test Results Begins – Read Now!A thread https://anonymousghana.com/digital-verification-of-covid-19-test-results-begins-read-now/ Ghana(GHS) has become the first country in the ECOWAS Sub region to deplo

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

Rumors have been swirling among my sources about possibility that PCR-based COVID-19 tests have high false negative rate. I haven't reported on it because I couldn't find anything definitive and

Vasudev Bailey, PhD

vasudevbailey

The list of serological tests. Summary: tons of choices and very little quality control or standardization. What sensitivity / specificity you ask? Most of these companies don't publish it, and