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If you are wondering how dire the lab test supply issue is getting, two emails I got this morning:9:51 am - the request we put in 6 weeks ago for

What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat.Two simple demos:First, I sneezed, sang, talked & coughed toward an agar culture plate with or without

Pre-print review of saliva (vs. nasopharyngeal swab) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 by PCR in symptomatic patients. 10 studies reviewed (all w/ modest n numbers) with saliva being positive in 31-92%

This week is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week #MLPW2020, aka #LabWeek2020And is so happens that today's my birthday.To celebrate & incentivize, reply w/ the social media handle of a medical lab

Pre-print: "Variation in False Negative Rate of RT-PCR Based SARS-CoV-2 Tests by Time Since Exposure" A new analysis of already published swab (NP swab?) PCR test data.Goal: model & predict

Good thread on sensitivity & specificity of first emergency use authorization (EUA) #COVID19 serology test, Cellex, means for testing a low-prevalence population: increased risk of false positivesBUT IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE