Breaking—not only is Hope Hicks #COVID19 positive, but it was known Wednesday night, and she TRAVELED on Air Force 1 Wednesday night. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/elections/hope-hicks-coronavirus.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/0...

2) As an epidemiologist, I have so many questions:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">Did she test positive before, during, or after the flight?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">If before, why did they let her aboard?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">If during the flight, where and how was she isolated?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">Who were close on the AF1 flight?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">Who is now quarantining?

3) Hicks was also no mask riding with Miller and Miller day before. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1311824558580621313">https://twitter.com/kylegriff...

4) More questions:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">Did she show symptoms?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">If so, how long? If not, what prompted the test?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">What kind of test was it?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">Was the test confirmed?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">If PCR test, what was the Ct value? Above or below 30?

5) The “Ct” value is the cycle threshold of a PCR—it means how many amplification cycles the lab had to run to get the virus https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧬" title="DNA" aria-label="Emoji: DNA"> amplified. The lower the value the higher the viral load, which <30 means likely she was infectious. If it’s above 35 or 40, it might be too small dose.

6) What is high/medium/low? Patients should learn about these data besides just YES/NO positive COVID.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">High viral load = CT value <25

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">medium viral load = CT value 25-30

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📌" title="Reißzwecke" aria-label="Emoji: Reißzwecke">low viral load = CT value>30

7) also, in this earlier study https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> lower VIRAL LOAD (higher Ct value at hospital admission => https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> lower DEATH RISK. But viral load also means transmission potential.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610820304815">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...

8) To be clear, “People with higher viral loads may also shed more whole viruses, which makes them more contagious, compounding the danger of spreading disease more widely.” https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/14/how-much-of-the-coronavirus-does-it-take-to-make-you-sick/">https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/1...