#Tests

Jeannie Baumann

MedResJourno

Trump just said repeatedly that FDA has “approved” a number of tests (63) including an at-home test, which is not accurate. They agency issued emergency use authorizations for these tests.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/coronavirus/fda-authorizes-first

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ So the antibody test that New York State used to determine 21% of NYC residents were infected doesn’t have a 1 week delay in producing positive results. It has

Nicholas Coles, PhD

coles_nicholas_

I am very excited to talk about the Big Team Psychology, foundational tests, and the Many Smiles Collaboration at #PSACON2020 tomorrow!For those who cannot attend, here is a [THREAD]! In

Erin Biba

erinbiba

From the @BronxZoo on Facebook: As I said, it's reasonable to have a frustrated and angry reaction to this as our federal government has been criminally negligent in lack of

Christine Elliott

celliottability

Today, Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 cases again, with 175 new cases of #COVID19 or a 0.5% increase. With 251 resolved, we continue to see a persistent decline in

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

6 weeks ago tonight (March 9th), Tucker said that the flu had a 0.1% death rate and that Coronavirus is 3.4%.Please find me a few countries/states that have both: Corona

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Because they weren't tested.And you have to have a positive test, before death, to be counted in the UK deaths. The UK isn't testing nearly as much as it needs

Dan O'Neill

dp_oneill

This fumbling is just maddening. Too many political leaders extol the virtues of "markets" in healthcare, with little understanding of how those markets actually work.If we need 3.5 - 4M

F Rodriguez-Sanchez

frod_san

This is very important. And it applies to any predictive model, not just COVID tests. Models with 95 or 99% 'accuracy' can still produce many false positives/negatives.1/nhttps://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/1247449207956537345 This figure n

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Q: How do you make your #COVID19 situation look less scary, without actually combating the disease?A: Fiddle with the data.That's what's just happened here in England. Test & Trace have

Matthew Avison

MutantBug

On 23rd March Italy had had 6077 deaths and 63927 cases from 275465 tests. On 7th April (15 day lag) the UK had had 6159 deaths and 55242 cases from

Rita Issa

DrRitaIssa

Covid alert system based on R but how do we accurately calculate R without systematic and sensitive testing? #COVID19 Genuine question, is there an extrapolation based on tests we are

Investing Panda

investing_panda

Cool innovation in cancer screening: liquid biopsySignals (methylation status) from blood samples + DNA sequencinghttps://www.wsj.com/articles/cancer-screening-leaps-forward-11593973586$ILMN $GH #Grail ARK on DNA methylation: similar to bol

Alex Andreou

sturdyAlex

I NEED to trust the gov’t but for that to happen, gov’t must stop treating me with contempt. If it decides to lie to my face - he’s only in

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/5) Study of #SARSCoV2 antibody prevalence in children from Bavaria, Germany, showing infections in children were 6 times higher than PCR tests suggested, and that young & older children were

John Bye

_johnbye

This week's Test & Trace report shows another big jump in cases, only partly driven by a surge in demand for testing.Test turnaround times continued to get worse as the