#Asymptomatic

😷Ratchet Nurse #frontlinER😷

RatchetNurse1

I found out from my sister today that my step-nephew was tested for COVID-19 and received the antibody test. Good news. He tested negative for the COVID, but tested positive

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Wanted to send you 2 articles today that indicate when an epidemic can be downgraded to endemic for an infectious disease. What is an epidemic? An epidemic is when a

Rowland Manthorpe

rowlsmanthorpe

Why doesn't the UK test passengers arriving at airports? If you've been following this debate you'll have heard a lot about one particular numberMinisters from the PM on down have

Coronavirus Plushie

CoronavirusPlu2

Prof. @carlheneghan explains the PCR test. A positive test, in an asymptomatic person, doesn't tell you if they have an active infection, or if they had it two months ago.

KAYI USHE

KayiUshe

My mum, an NHS nurse has had to go home sick after exhibiting flu like symptoms. A thread. A rant. A plea. #NHS #Covid19 1/10@BorisJohnson @MattHancock @Jeremy_Hunt @RishiSunak I've not

Niall Conroy

NICU_doc_salone

In watching the Irish covid commentary in last 24 hours there are some recurring teams, to which I’d like to offer some counter-opinions: - The Covid PCR test is fine.

inuka !!

kyzriellex

right lmao. i’m getting attacked at for this : “sg gov is way too overconfident LMAO they wante to show the world that while everyone’s suffering they’re prospering and now

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

LapointeShaw

Updates based on @ForumPoll @MainStResearch second COVID-19 symptom poll- Ontario April 18-19 (n=4,260):This week 15% (down from 19% last week) of households have someone experiencing symptoms of possible COVID-19. This

Drift0r

Drift0r

Trump catching COVID-19 is not a good thing. I am sad to see so many people celebrating this because we should never be celebrating the loss of life or the

Vivien Lee MD FAAN

VivienHLee

A #stroke #tweetorial. Inferior division MCA infarct often gets mistaken for PCA territory. Sometimes it can be quite difficult to distinguish MCA vs PCA territory infarcts (especially near the borderzone).

Salim R. Rezaie, MD

srrezaie

Rapid IgM/IgG Testing for #COVID19https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32104917 Currently RT-PCR, CT imaging and blood work parameters (i.e. ferritin, d-dimer, lymphopenia, etc…) are used to diagnose infection BUT...there are major issues with RT

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

1/ Important Thread: COVID and ChildrenChildren are more likely to beat COVID than adults.Plus the what, why, and how of careful schools re-opening.If you like to self study, read article

Neil Floch MD

NeilFlochMD

After listening to a webinar from 5 Chinese #doctors in Wuhan, China who are in the middle of their outbreak - the following can be learned. 1/ Treatment: Much of

Dr. Sonali Vaid MD MPH

SonaliVaid

Thread of various #covid19gaps & #covid19questions related to the public health & humanitarian response & planning that I have posted over time. . Pick any to work on or

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

As part of a family that lost a loved one unnecessarily - one of 112,540 such families, as of 9/15 - I feel no schadenfreude or anything other than fury.

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Kids catch coronaviruses. Quick thread of a review article about two cold coronas that we knew about in 1974 when this article was written.The article also says CoVs are airborne