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1/ Presymptomatic transmission is one of the most complex parts of controlling the #covid19 epidemic.Quantitative #covid19 viral loads have been found to be equally high in those with or without
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*New @JAMA_current* adding to hospitalized #covid19 outcomes literature1/-Among 5700 patients in NYC2634 met study endpoint of "discharged" or "died"Of those:-14.2% were treated in the ICU-21% died-For the 12% that were
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THREAD on my new op-ed in WaPo1/ I spent the last 2 weeks on clinical service in our emergency room #covid19 pod.Caring for patients was tough, but it was even
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New study @NatureMedicine estimates that nearly half of #covid19 transmission occurs in the 2-3 days before any symptoms, & peak infectiousness may be close to the actual day that symptoms
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I’m a doctor in the emergency room seeing #covid19 patients. It’s definitely not.https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1248666012632915968 There is so much left to be done before we are even close to re-opening our country.
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THREAD 1/ Germany has had quite a strong response to #covid19 and purportedly may never cross its threshold for healthcare capacity through social distancing alone.Why is that?This @nytimes piece (cc
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THREAD1/ I have been spending most of the last 6 weeks working on population-level #covid19 response in my state. But the days on the clinical wards are what really keep
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Short thread on #covid19 and inequity1/ What's happening in this pandemic is awfulNo one deserves it.That includes people that have awful things happen to them all the time, even before
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1/ Has anyone seen data on the testing specs for rtPCR (sensitivity/specificity) in asymptomatic/presymptomatic #covid19 patients?This is critical-- but if there is low sensitivity/high false negative in this patient population,
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