#Testing

The New York Times

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The statistics and vocabulary we use to talk about the coronavirus offer a false sense of precision while in reality, the information we have shows only a fraction of what’s

Catherine Wambua- Soi

C_SOI

My dad was turned away from your hospt. on friday night. He had lung & kidney problems. On return on sat, your health workers would still not help provide stretcher/wheelchair,

Scott Coley

scott_m_coley

Some argue that the economic crisis has become so grave, with unemployment surpassing 20%, that governors should lift restrictions on businesses and accept the public health fallout as an unfortunate

Carlos del Rio

CarlosdelRio7

Today marks 5 months from the date China notified @WHO of an outbreaks of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan. Since then 6.2 M cases and > 300K deaths have been notified

Soumya

skarlamangla

LA County just released the results of their antibody study. Tests found that 4.1% of the county's population has antibodies to the coronavirus. That figure is 55 times higher than

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

Earnest self reflection for a moment - I must admit I get a spiteful pleasure from the thought that I'm in many ways what this sort of person dislikes (e.g.

Josh Wingrove

josh_wingrove

U.S. testing results so far by age group, per Dr. Birx. Age 25 and younger: over 200,000 tested, 11% positive.24-45: 500,000+ tested, 17% positive.45-65: Nearly 500,000 tested, 21% positive.65-85: Nearly

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latinxspiderman

These gringos telling us about "Latinx" fundamentally misunderstand that Latinidad is a myth, our culture is not a monolith, and the US is a valid country within the LatAm diaspora

Juan Daniel Minguez

yemapell

Back in Berlin and PCR test done at the airport. It took 10 min. Forgot to say this was a free test. No one has to pay to get the

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD on latest data on B.1.617.2 (an "India" Variant) in England.The Sanger Institute released its latest sequencing data for variants in England today https://covid19.sanger.ac.uk/about TLDR: it's not looking good at a

Robert J. DeNault

robertjdenault

Official Florida data looks off compared to similar states. Just 10% of FL tests come back positive—low compared to other states. FL’s median age is highest among top COVID states,

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How many COVID-19 cases have countries been detecting relative to testing effort? Here's plot of total number of reported tests per confirmed case over time - for Germany, Italy, Japan,

NHSActivistRN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #NHSPAY15 #FBNHS

NHSActivistRN

1/3 Today I want to talk about drug policy Glasgow has in recent years had one of the worst outbreaks of HIV in 3 decades with around 10% of the

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update April 20: The next narrative will be one of the states vs the federal government & who has responsibility for testing.The Hill, governors, WH, testing cos. I got

Mark Essien

markessien

In the developing world, we had an opportunity to build a better, smarter democracy. Instead, leaders got an old, rigid system that they barely understood. They implemented it badly, and

zo2

_lonzoball

I have a question: is the sense of smell the same thing as the sense of touch? not the same - but a more specific version of it I was