#Testing

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

One state doing VERY badly but has received little attention is Mississippi. MS has the 2nd highest # of new cases / capita, just behind Florida -- but MS is

Bill Ackman

BillAckman

Initial antibody results just in from San Miguel County. PCR tests had shown just 8 positives out of 8,000 residents 1/1000.Initial antibody tests on 986 show 8 positive, 23 borderline,

Josh #MassTestingNowPH #NEVERAGAIN

josh_danac

Unpopular opinion: this expert is SHORTSIGHTED. Yes, it’s difficult. But god damn we owe it to the Filipino people to do everything we can to INCREASE OUR CAPACITY #MassTestingNowPH https://twitter.com/edselsalvana/status/1253102261510615040

Tom Forth

thomasforth

I saw it this morning. Diagnosed cases of Covid-19 by local authority in England (I just looked at the North). So I got all the data together to reproduce this

Gene Epstein

GeneSohoForum

1)I think a fair case can be made that certain US regions, especially NYC, have achieved herd immunity. I'll lay out the key elements of that case over the next

Mr Looney (Dermot)

MrLooneysClass

Since the school has closed, one of the things I’ve been doing is helping out with testing for COVID-19 at Tallaght Stadium. Some of the people we help getting tested

Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡

uk_domain_names

[THREAD]You may well be familiar with the UK Government's coronavirus dashboard, the main website they use to report data on a daily basis for the whole of the UK.What you

Kevin Milligan

kevinmilligan

Paul Romer is a Nobel-winning economist. He advocates for moving toward a regime of wide-scale testing.We don't have the capacity to do this *today*.He argues we could have the capacity

kang👎

jaycaspiankang

a bit of a galaxy brain take re: mass testing. Seems clear that this will have to be done locally and some places will run ahead of others. Right now,

Sumanth Raman

sumanthraman

For those asking why I'm going on like a broken record about increasing testing please read this thread. This may seem obvious to you but it's still worth explaining. #covid

Don Taylor

donaldhtaylorjr

1/n To reopen schools, have football, economy fully recover we must control the spread of SARS COV 2. We are now failing. It will take:*massive testing capability with 24-36hr turnaround

Governor Mike DeWine

GovMikeDeWine

Today, #COVID19 is spreading with a vengeance across parts of #Ohio. It lurks, waiting to attack victims in all 88 counties. Tragically, in 4 months, we’ve already lost 3,075 Ohioans

Paul Romer

paulmromer

From Totally Under Control: Caroline ChenHealthcare Reporter ProPublica "Because South Korea had already started ramping up diagnostic test production, they were able to seek out every member of this church

Kim Carmela Co

EpidLife

#COVID__19 in the Philippines. Travel ban was imposed 33 days after the first reported case. Luzon-wide quarantine was imposed at 43rd day. The effect of this ECQ should be observed

John McDermott

johnpmcdermott

Interesting thing on South African TV right now. Live slideshow presentation by Salim Abdool Karim, chair of president’s advisory council on covid and an esteemed epidemiologist. He’s trying to account

Bradford William Davis

_beewilly

New investigation from @NYDNSports (and a thread). MLB’s COVID-19 health and safety manual said the league would test essential workers “as a public service” in every big league city.The season’s