#Testing

Thread. As we go forward with our efforts against COVID-19, this is the time for concerted action and unity. Views that principally pivot on action through science are very necessary
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THREAD ON WHETHER THE PANDEMIC IS SLOWING: India has been recording an average of 64,000 cases daily in October, down from more than 86,000 daily cases end September. It's also
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it's time for debate timeline btw sorry in advance feel free to mute im going to make it into a thread to keep it more organized. open discussion?! my ass.
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When can we get UK out of lock-down?It is a political question.Currently we have about 5,000 new infections and 1,000 deaths a day.Once we have ~20 new infections and ~5
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1) Montreal is now witnessing a #COVID19 surge arising from the city’s bars and nightclubs in the past few days. (See the new chart below.) In this thread, I will
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I wasn’t in the press conference this week as I’m on annual leave but here is the pertinent info focusing on Corby. It covers the week up to August 30.Today,
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1/14 Attention has focused on hosps in coverage of #NHS response to #coronavirus. Mustn't overlook contrib of #mentalhealth, community and ambulance staff, responding to huge challenges. I’ve talked to amb
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Dr Bonnie Henry and her directives or lack thereof are concerning me. Why no masks? Why no recognition that Covid is aerosolized and ventilation is key? Why the fancy terminology
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London cardiologist friendly to Boris:“We discharged known, suspected and unknown cases into care homes which were unprepared with no formal warning that the patients were infected, no testing available, and
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1/11 Want to talk about PCR testing. Cycle threshold (Ct) means how hard did the PCR test have to work (amplification cycles) to find viral genetic material. @robertfservice @michaelmina_lab @FatEmperor
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If you have a relative in a nursing home, insist on testing & hospitalization. People in nursing homes are dying. Homes have no ICUs, no ventilators. Hospitals recommend they not
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If you had covid and recovered and are in nyc- see this thread+replies!https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1246142380610289664 I had been searching in vain for info about blood serum testing and this thread answered many
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Watching @NicolaSturgeon #FMQs the continual questions on #COVID__19 testing are legitimate but fail to show any deeper understanding of the fact the result does not instantaneously follow the test. Testing
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Longleat Safari Park has announced Lord Bath of Longleat has died at the age of 87 after testing positive for coronavirus Nhs England says there have been a further 500
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So... here's a fun thing that I actually know from, you know, talking to people and asking questions.Why aren't we using South Korea's faster antibody test to test for COVID-19?Well,
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A child accidentally went to school this week with covid. A thread Say you are a family of five - lots of people have three kids. Say mum is
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