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Governor Mike DeWine
GovMikeDeWine
Testing is vital as we work to get our economy restarted and keep Ohioans safe and healthy. I'm announcing the formation of a Testing Strike Team led by former Governor
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
Why do we need frequent testing over very sensitive testing? It’s easyThe average person is PCR+ for ~30+ days but infectious for ~7. Most people are asymptomatic. So, infrequent PCR
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IDinsight
IDinsight
In this three-part blog series, our Chief Economist Dan Stein writes about multiple hypothesis testing in impact evaluations. Part 1: When do you need to worry about multiple hypothesis testing?
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Jeremy Levine
Jeremy_Levine
Semi serious question, as I'm not a stats guy: We have a voluntary, opt-in testing program. Any voluntary testing that happens outside the U is asked, not required, to be
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Esther Webber
estwebber
In today's @timesredbox I've got a first look at how MPs will be voting from home I'm told the aim is for remote voting is to be up and running
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NHS Grampian
NHSGrampian
THREAD // Key Worker Testing We are aware of some social media posts regarding testing for key workers and wanted to provide some clarity. There are three sites for health
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c0nc0rdance
c0nc0rdance
Oh boy. Do you guys remember when I tweeted about testing windows earlier today?Very relevant for this pre-print about false negative rates in SARS-CoV-2 testing!https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20053355v1.full.pdf The authors repor
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Siamese Furcopalypse
Wooflepup
So Korea: 234 deaths/10661 cases = 2.2% fatalityUS: 40661/759037 = 5.4% fatality.US healthcare isn't that much worse. So. Korea had excellent testing. Many confounding variables BUT:One rough & reasonable guess
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Good morning.Our testing czar says our testing levels are "sufficient".That declining testing is not a problem -- because cases are declining.Seems reasonable, right?Actually, no. The data tells us a different,
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Peter Schmidt
pnschmidt
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weakness of our pandemic response regulatory framework. There is a patchy framework of regulation to address issues around sick people who refuse to isolate
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Cheryl Rofer
CherylRofer
The problem with the idea of doing a test of a nuclear device is where to do it.Las Vegas has grown in the direction of the test site. Even back
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The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru
Garrett_Archer
Well, we were beating Colorado for a day, but the state fell one more spot on the per capita testing list. We are back to #50 of 51. Note: Arizona
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Manuel L. Quezon III
mlq3
What other countries are discussing but we're not. Basically, it's a top down (lockdown) and bottom up (testing, contact tracing) approach that will flatten the curve. But after that massive
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Jordan Schachtel
JordanSchachtel
What other countries in the world are testing asymptomatic people on the scale that we are? My first pass on this answer is zero, and there is no close second.
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Samson Berhane Asmelash
BerhaneSamson
Door to door testing of #COVID19 to begin as of next week in Addis Ababa, ENA reported citing @TakeleUma. Woredas that believed to be at a risk will be given
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
The debate on testing continued todayTesting czar Admiral Giroir and I were both on @cnn offering differing views on:What’s being done & what isn’tWhat’s working & what isn’tWho is providing
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