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BREAKING—we now know Hope Hicks’s testing timeline:
Tuesday before debate: NEGATIVE
Wednesday morning: NEGATIVE
Wednesday mid day illness onset
Wednesday mid day: POSITIVE
Thursday evening Trump and FLOTUS: POSITIVE
Incubation period thread
below. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1311923578993025024
Tuesday before debate: NEGATIVEWednesday morning: NEGATIVE Wednesday mid day illness onsetWednesday mid day: POSITIVEThursday evening Trump and FLOTUS: POSITIVEIncubation period thread
below. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1311923578993025024
2) People ask about infectious period and risk to Biden. Here is a thread below. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1311897546059591681
3) It does take a few days to get symptoms and test positive—but you can be infectious when the PCR test still suboptimal before symptom onset. Herein lies the problem with testing reliance alone. Trump’s reliance on testing is completely inadequate for finding the virus.
4) And what is next for Trump? Well it depends on underlying risk factors. This is a general flowchart of illness trajectory. But it’s very approximate. It’ll be worse for someone 74 years old, male, and overweight/ obese. (Figure HT @kutrinet)
5) And again, as for Biden. There are many scenarios too. Here is the worse case— but not the most likely per se. thread below. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1311898210235936770
below. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1311898210235936770
