#Tests

PantsuitPolitics

PantsuitPolitic

I am so happy that my mom is home after 15 days isolated in a hospital with Covid-19. I am also concerned that she's at home already, when her oxygen

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD on latest data on B.1.617.2 (an "India" Variant) in England.The Sanger Institute released its latest sequencing data for variants in England today https://covid19.sanger.ac.uk/about TLDR: it's not looking good at a

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

How to get an endless pandemic:1. Use a test that detects fragments of the virus and then designate every positive test as a "case."2. Test at a massive scale, including

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How many COVID-19 cases have countries been detecting relative to testing effort? Here's plot of total number of reported tests per confirmed case over time - for Germany, Italy, Japan,

Prof Shamika Ravi

ShamikaRavi

#DailyUpdate #Covid19India Total Confirmed cases growing in India, but at lower rate. The total number of Active COVID cases are doubling every 7 days. The compound daily growth rate of

James Aycock is at 🏡

firstresponses

Memphis/Shelby CountyMid-Wk Covid Report, Aug12tl;dr- daily cases are +3% over 6wks, since July 1- meanwhile, tests are -15%- up to 28 daily cases per 100k- at least 3x more testing needed-

Good Morning Britain

GMB

'You've got to reposition government completely.'Tony Blair says mass testing has to be at the heart of the government's lockdown exit strategy.@piersmorgan | @susannareid100 | @InstituteGC | #GMB 'Unless you

David Steven

davidsteven

One thing everyone agrees on is that Italy acted far too late on COVID-19. Waiting until it had nearly 10,000 infections before it went from walling off a red zone

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

Earlier this year, the PM promised of a fully operational “world beating” track & trace app by 1 JuneIt was one of the govt's much touted 5 conditions to easing

Alysson 2.0: Marginally better & more well rounded

Alysson

I'm still very suspicious of the numbers coming out of Florida, given that 4 days ago they'd still tested fewer than 3000 people and 1000+ results were still pending. Is

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

What are the benefits/limitations of mass testing certain populations for SARS-CoV-2 regardless of symptoms? A thread... 1/ SARS-CoV-2 can transmit before symptoms appear, so by the time a symptomatic case

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

THREAD: Many analyses try to estimate what the “right” capacity is for weekly #COVID19 testing. One touchstone is positivity rates. Unless diagnostic tests are being administered with unusual precision only

Tye

PrettyEyedTye

My childhood bestfriend is dead. Not from COVID19. She died b/c a racist healthcare system means that Black women in America are 4x more likely than wyt women die from

Lunsam

Lunsam96

#DVRG Headline Irish news today...Pertinent points from the below:- Current trials in showing ‘statistically significant’ results in 3 different Covid wards. - field trials with front line workers in 8

ERIC VAN VAERENBERGH - 艾瑞克

EVANVAERENBERGH

#threadProposition d'une stratégie pour endiguer l'épidémie de #covid19 en fonction de l'état de nos pays européens et de la présence très diffuse du virus dans nos sociétés. Ce raisonnement est

Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA

KrutikaKuppalli

I want people to understand what we mean when we say that hospitals are at "capacity"- That means there are no more beds for patients- If you are in a