#Tests

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

You’ve probably heard about test positivity—a powerful metric that can reveal the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. This metric comes with some pretty big caveats. Let’s break them

Iz, screaming in epidemiology

goodluckIz

The comments on this are missing the point so to clarify: WHO is not saying that if you’ve been infected you are just as suspetible to the virus as anyone

Ana Mardoll

AnaMardoll

I really hate how the medical industry pits chronic pain patients against each other while the strongest profit. My doctor always praises me as one of "the good ones" because

Jeff Asher

Crimealytics

Figuring out the Texas trend is really interesting for me for several reasons. I went to UT, Texas is a neighboring state, I'm still salty about Texas quarantining folks from

Briahna Joy Gray

briebriejoy

How little respect do you have to have for people to make this argument?You convince no one, move nowhere closer to your goal, and achieve nothing but a veneer of

Phil Williams

NC5PhilWilliams

Latest #COVID19 numbers from @TNDeptofHealth. My analysis of 14-day trend follows 1/https://twitter.com/TNDeptofHealth/status/1253398250557710337 Number of new #COVID19 cases per day - not showing a 14-day downward trajectory. Health commish said yes

Dr Tracy Westerman

TracyWesterman

The most exciting work my organisation does are cultural audits of organisations using our unique scientifically & culturally validated cultural competency tests. 3 tools have been validated & have Aust

Sarah-Jane Marsh 🌈

BWCHBoss

So - re testing capacity, we have a % each day carved out for patients and symptomatic people who need a test and a % for outbreak support, screening in

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

What I love about this video is you can tell her curiosity is genuine, and it’s a damn good question. Maybe she’s frustrated, sure, but she clearly wants to understand

Jeremy Wallace

JeremySWallace

BREAKING: Texas is reporting it's worst day from COVID-19 since the pandemic began with 98 people dying from the virus just since yesterday and a new record of 9,610 people

Jen Heemstra

jenheemstra

You may have heard about the massive number of COVID-19 tests being run as colleges try to bring students back to campus. These “rapid” antigen tests provide results in 15

Jon Deeks

deeksj

@BBCr4today invited me to speak about lateral flow tests this morning (can listen at 0650). All government plans are now about using tests to "release" people - this depends on

Stian Westlake

stianwestlake

Covid testing is big news right now: with a mass testing pilot starting in Liverpool, Boots announcing rapid test plans, and places like universities testing staff and students.Here’s a thread

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

Public health agencies track a lot of reportable diseases. They have databases, they collect test results, and they do contact tracing.PCR tests were deliberately set to detect tiny amounts of

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

Let's review: 1/ We have very little idea what positive tests mean (we're over 300,000, but they rise more or less linearly with the number we conduct - does that

TS Singh Deo

TS_SinghDeo

In the last few weeks, I have emphasised on the importance of extensive testing to isolate Covid19. In fact, I have written to the central govt time & again expressing