#Testing

Alicia Dennis MAKE WORKPLACES SAFE FOR #HCW

AliciaTDennis

Media conference @DanielAndrewsMP #COVID19Vic #hcw healthcare workers391 active casesThis is a decrease from yesterday which is good newsCan Premier please say how many new cases and cumulative number ? 2799

Gaurav Pandhi

GauravPandhi

You have too be too dumb to not know what's happening around in the world & that our testing rate is among the lowest. If Vietnam or all other smaller

Radha Iyengar Plumb

RadhaKIyengar

this is v important tl;dr- antibody testing isn't a panacea. its effectiveness depends on rates of infection and test quality. you can follow the math earlier in the thread or

Phil Syrpis

syrpis

NHS Test and Trace is now up and running.The explainer is here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-worksIt relies on all of us playing our part, helping 'to contain the virus by reducing its spread'.

Jason Diaz

ProfJDiaz

This thread apparently stirred up some feelings. I appreciate the desire to find a way to come back to campus and I am in fact still part of the process

Tony Blair Institute

InstituteGC

Tony Blair: I completely agree with the govt’s strategy. I’m not making a criticism, I’m making a suggestion. Listen livehttps://bbc.in/2SKZQwb When you look at the dilemma at the heart of

chelle

ShellLikeTheSea

thank you for this thread, but question for the NBME:Isn't having exams cancelled with less than 48hrs notice also disruptive & unprofessional "during the registration, scheduling, or examination process?"https://twitter.com/jbcarmo

Dr Anna Jerzewska

AnnaJerzewska

You want to know what the real bad news is here? It's not that there are queues for miles just because the French customs authorities are "trialling post-Brexit boarding systems".

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ This week has been one of the DARKEST in American public health. First, @HHSGov & @US_FDA misrepresented the data on convalescent plasma & granted Emergency Use Authorization. Then @CDCgov

Trevor Loy

trevorloy

[1/n] THREAD: Summary of new "Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act." I just got copy of the draft bill.The bill has 2 divisions: small biz progs & coronavirus

Ruth Dixon

ruth_dixon

1/4 A short thread where I try to disentangle the @DHSCgovuk testing numbers. Data is from a csv linked here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public. Pillar 1 tests are mostly tests done in hospitals.

Firass Abiad

firassabiad

1.5 Recent #Covid19 numbers in are plateauing, suggesting the viral spread is slowing. Though some suggest insufficient testing is masking the rise in cases, the plateauing of the test

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

The Trump administration waited too long to treat covid-19 as a crisis. So did everyone. If Trump had called for a two-week lockdown in late January rather than the travel

Yellow Flanders

cultureofdefeat

5,956 lab tests for Covid 19 processed in NS yesterday (plus 1,750 rapid tests in downtown Halifax - not sure how many at other rapid test sites in the city).

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Here is a new French Covid numbers crunch…With 7,379 new cases confirmed in the 24hrs to 2pm yesterday, the official daily count of Covid-19 in France has almost doubled in

Samia Rashid

drsamiarashid

Please follow this thread to understand the nuances of what now has become a sensationalised news item. Government Medical College Srinagar has a dedicated COVID hospital at Chest Diseases Hospital