#Antibody

Raghib Ali MPH MSc MA(Camb) MA(Oxf) DLSHTM FRCP

drraghibali

I'm still seeing two widespread misunderstandings of this graph and the data. The first is that cases are now as high as they were during the first wave – leading

Regina Marston for Congress CA 42

Marston4ca42

I have an update on my health I wanted to share. After many tests, and discussion about my symptoms and resulting blood clots, my doctor has finally decided I had

Dr. Vera Etches

VeraEtches

The testing will not tell you if you were infected previously, as the antibody test is not yet available. The test detects COVID19 virus in your body at the time

Sensei Ryan (Once and Future)

horridpoplyrics

So, We need to talk about #COVIDー19 . Now, I am not a virologist, epidemiologist, immunologist, or other such expert, and you need to listen to them first and foremost.

Mark Murphy

DrMarkMurphy

A few points about the 2 common diagnostic #tests & #COVID19The nasal-swab test which looks for viral particles & an acute infection The antibody test for a past-COVID19 infectionWe need

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Sometimes it’s useful to revisit basic concepts. We appear to have forgotten that immunity after viral infection is the rule, not the exception. “In this chapter, we highlight the principal

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Very interesting new preprint by Eran Bendavid and colleagues reports seroprevalence estimates from Santa Clara county. Great to have seroprevalence work start to emerge, but I'd be skeptical of the

BakuninsTraum

BakuninsT

+++ No Collateral Excess Mortality Due to Lockdown Thread in 18 partsFrom Corona deniers you can hear again and again that one does not die FROM but WITH Corona. According

Raghib Ali MPH MSc MA(Camb) MA(Oxf) DLSHTM FRCP

drraghibali

I'm still seeing two widespread misunderstandings of this graph and the data. The first is that cases are now as high as they were during the first wave – leading

Yilan

redxyl

You know what’s ironic? All this evidence coming out proving that COVID-19 existed in other countries before the outbreak in China, including antibody tests in the US, shows that China

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

This article mentions, off hand, that the study was run with an antibody test where the false positive rate is unknown.This seems to me to be a PRETTY BIG problem.https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1252331574215000067

Kulvinder Kaur MD

dockaurG

Pls read #SARSCoV2 immunology& subthreads for what media & “experts” are not telling youFacts-we have some pre-existing cross-protective immunity-basing herd immunity only on antibodies omits strong Tcell immunity-vaccine candid

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Now this is a covid antibody test! Not only looks good on its face w/ 100% sensitivity (likelihood of seeing antibodies if they are there) & 99.8% specificity (not seeing

ChristosArgyropoulos

ChristosArgyrop

Let's analyze the dialysis case from yesterday. We need to know : a) the SAR (Secondary Attack Rate) of COVID19 for household transmission (pt had largely sheltered in, so could

Candace

RareCandace

Today, President Trump received an investigational drug for COVID-19. While my off-label therapy is FDA approved for other conditions (but not mine), @realDonaldTrump and I have some things in common.

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

We've written a perspective on a new study by @MAMdayIndayOut that helps explain why some viruses (measles) don't evolve to escape immunity but others (influenza) do. Provides some clues relevant