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So some good news on testing. Thread.It appears that we have finally started making progress.Thank goodness. For about 3 weeks, we were stuck at 150K tests/day. This was woefully inadequate.Yet

This is an important new finding and one that requires some quick reflections. ThreadWe have all been very interested in seroprevalence studiesWhy?Because we're wondering whether the proportion of the population

Short Thread: VA study on Hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 getting a lot of attention.President Trump has been touting HCQ as a possible miracle drug.Study from the VA finds HIGHER mortality for

Quick thread on testing (1 of 4)Between April 2 and April 8, we averaged 148K tests/dayBetween April 9 and April 15 (today), we averaged 147K tests/day% positive declined a bit.Another

Cutting funding to @WHO at this moment is an extraordinarily bad ideaPresident's #1 job is keep Americans safe during pandemicHobbling @WHO will undoubtedly make Americans less safe.It will make it

Thread (1/n)2 weeks ago, we tested about 100,000 people in a day. Today, we tested 135,00.That is a measly 35% increase. In 2 weeks!During that time, # of cases has

Thread 1/nThere are two pieces of data out today that are very troubling and one may be related to the other.The first is that African-Americans are both getting COVID19 at

Thread1/9 Our @bmj_latest paper on the state of the UK National Health Service is out. We examined @NHSuk performance compared to other countries on 79 metrics.What did we find?https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6326 2/9