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My daily coronavirus thread... Mass testing capacity will be necessary for us to emerge from lockdown. So, yes, we need tests that can be performed in airports, clinics, and perhaps even homes. @settostun 1/ https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-testing-is-moving-closer-to-your-doctors-office/
Another boon for US testing: a South Korean biotech firm just announced it will send 750,000 tests to FEMA. Thank you! @Reuters 2/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-south-korea-usa/south-korea-set-to-double-supply-of-coronavirus-tests-to-u-s-idUSKCN21W14T
But in NJ, which has a brutal caseload, the backlog for testing is appalling. @rcallimachi traces tests from long lines to the call days later confirming whether they were positive or negative. it'll make your blood boil. 3/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/nyregion/coronavirus-testing.html
Ramping up testing requires lab space and a solid supply chain. But the more tests we make, the more the system is strained. “We’re approaching an upper limit in spare capacity,” fmr FDA commissioner @ScottGottliebMD tells @ezraklein. 4/ https://www.vox.com/2020/4/14/21219021/scott-gottlieb-coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-economy-recession
And for those left wondering how these tests even get made or administered, check out our excellent @wired guide to coronavirus testing from @jetjocko and @MeganMolteni. 5/ https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-testing/
Other research that caught my eye: of 215 women who delivered babies in NYC, 29 were asymptomatic but tested positive for Covid-19. 6/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316
Harvard just announced a new collaboration between its school of public health and the @HumanVacProject. Experts will build AI models to accelerate development of vaccines and therapeutics. 7/ https://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/news-item/human-immunomics-initiative-will-decode-immune-system-speed-new-vaccines/
Last week, a self-published study warning that runners and cyclists could catch coronavirus went viral. It’s not actually that simple! Go for a run or a ride, but be sensible. @eniiler 8/8 https://www.wired.com/story/are-running-or-cycling-actually-risks-for-spreading-covid-19/
