#Testing

Samir Kayande

SamirKayande

Today, I'm thankful for Bayes Theorem. Let us explore one practical aspect: is the 10-14 day quarantine requirement doing more harm than good? I'm sure epidemiologists already know this, but

Bekka

twicethemelody

It really isn’t my week. Damn. So my mother and I both got tested for #COVID19 yesterday and it was weird. The test itself wasn’t painful, just highly uncomfortable and

Justin Walsh

jstpwalsh

Chart update thread: CNN now reports 933,993 known US #COVID19 infections. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/ This is an increase of 5%, the single largest number of new cases so far (43,469 reported). The

FQ Coyle

francisqcoyle

Everyone from the WHO to your uncle has been crying out for mass testing when these problems are dogging every kind of test as far as I can see.https://twitter.com/Smyth_Chris/status/1247048075094482950 The

Jiayang Fan

JiayangFan

I realize more keenly than ever today that despite being English speaker& having fancy useless cultural job,I’m looked at differently in company of my non-English aide.i was mistaken at testing

MCAT

AAMC_MCAT

About 600 examinees testing through the remainder of the year, mostly in FL and a few other states, will have their MCAT exams rescheduled due to a scheduling error allowing

Joe Lo

joeloyo

“Dido Harding is a senior executive in the NHS” says Johnson.Actually she’s a Telecoms executive, who had a brief stint at NHS Improvement. And is now inexplicably in charge of

@NVHealthResponse

NVHealthRespon1

Today's COVID-19 dashboard shows 766 confirmed cases of #COVID19 and 17,916 tests reported to the state system today --an unusually large number. We wanted to make sure you have the

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

If you catch COVID what are the chances you will end up in hospital? Better than they were and getting even better since cases started rising in August. Same graph

Shane Frazier

DrFrazierSays

I just finished a teleconference on #COVID19Utah with #UtahMedicalAssociation #UofUHealth #IntermountainHealthCare #StewardHealth #HCA and @SpencerJCox This was a very positive meeting. Our local, state and hospital leadership are working w

Gabriel Pogrund

Gabriel_Pogrund

EXCLUSIVE Thousands of people with COVID-19 are taking tests that will never be analysed, warn government docs marked "official sensitive"Our "world beating" testing programme has a 185,000 swab backlog

Zane Woodford

zwoodford

Today is the last day for Education Minister Zach Churchill to fulfill his modified commitment to publish the results of water testing for lead in Nova Scotia's schools: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/province-breaks-comm

Yaron Brook

yaronbrook

In a truly capitalist society, here is how the market responds:1. Health insurance companies monitor for health risks (they have economic interest to do so).2. Warn early -- implement plans

David Buck

davidjbuck

THREAD > 1/7. Important hearing of @CommonsSTC today. 75 minutes with @PHE_uk on understanding why testing, contract, trace policy turned off in March - which has set us largely on

Rashi Kesarwani

RashiKesarwani

I just got off a briefing call w @CityofBerkeley's Senior Exec Team who shared w City Council all of the incredible work being done to keep our community safe during

Malini Aisola

malini_aisola

More about why COVID-19 testing needs to be FREE for EVERYONE 1/n People have opted out of testing due to the high cost as @sohinidastweets explains in this report @ICMRDELHI