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A thread on our research pre-printed yesterday (not peer-reviewed) on the prevalence in England of antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Full paper below 1/nhttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/institute-of-global-

The acrimonious debate about masks between usually sensible people seems unhelpful. Those in the “no evidence, need an RCT, they do harm” camp seem over-anxious, and those saying they are

First results of REACT research out today; three papers on validity, usability & prevalence (2 published, 1 preprint) with @grahamscooke Thread with key findings of study of 100,000 randomly selected

Thread 1/9First (pre-print) publication from our REACT study shows importance of community studies: * random community sample across England n=120,610* SARS-CoV-2 virus swab-positivity* mean prevalence 0.13% from 1 May to

OK a thread.That didn't help, but we must focus on the big picture. As I wrote in The Guardian on 15 April, the key tasks are (first 4 remain the

There is evidence from other countries and previous epidemics that testing and tracing are key interventions early in an epidemic and even more as we start to get control in