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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
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1/3 New study shows that people with #COVID19 may be most infectious before their symptoms develop. The authors estimate that - on average - about 44% of secondary cases were
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THREAD: There's a growing body of data to strongly suggest #COVID19 predisposes to both venous and arterial thromboembolism due to excessive inflammation, hypoxia, immobilization and diffuse intravascular coagulation. This may
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More data on the #COVID19 attack rate in New York. Doctors screened all expectant moms at one NY hospital and found 29/210 (13.8%) were asymptomatic and positive. Exposure in New
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THREAD: On #COVID19 testing, another way to increase total capacity is to make sure machines that are available are being used near capacity. That's not happening now. There are things
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#Coronavirus: Stunning new numbers. Running totals - 9,171 confirmed cases worldwide vs 7,711 China cases yesterday; 213 deaths vs 130 yesterday. More than 12,000 suspected cases. 1,476 in serious or
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THREAD: In our report on steps to reopen America, we reference the need to be able to test at least 750,000 people a week. That number is being discussed. Here
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THREAD: There’s uncertainty how many Americans were already exposed to #COVID19 and developed immunity. Until we do widespread serological testing to see who has antibodies, we won’t know for sure.
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1/n There's some concerns being expressed about the implications for privacy and liberty of case based interventions that encourage widespread screening for #COVID19, and use public health interventions that require
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1/n People who seem to lack a clear background on the history of public health interventions seem to be deliberately or inadvertently distorting the role of cell phone apps in
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THREAD: The provision in the CARES Act that provides money to build commercial scale manufacturing pre-approval for the most promising #COVID19 drugs, and enables large scale manufacturing and stockpiling of
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1/2 Revised IHME model which is closely watched shows improvements across board on scope and duration of U.S. epidemic, with a few exceptions. Projections on peak deaths rose in Florida
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