#Prevalence

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

fperrywilson

There will be no "antibody passports" for a while. Even if an antibody test has a low (say 5%) false positive rate, if YOU get a positive test, it may

David Montgomery

dhmontgomery

I’ve got the new #COVID19 case data for Minnesota, but first, make sure you’re sitting down.Ready? Now, before you panic, here’s what the testing data looks like — similarly record-setting:

Ryan Grimes

ryanodinegrimes

Part 1: Could #ventilatorinducedlunginjury be worsening COVID19 patient health? Potential #COVID19 drugs include #IL6inhibitors #tocilizumab and #sarilumab — #biologics that may improve lung tissue damage caused by #cytokinerelease in patients

Stefan Baral

sdbaral

Warning!!!! Unpopular #COVID19 opinion:Testing is not an interventionDiagnosis is not an interventionTesting and diagnosis will only have as much public health and clinical impacts as they facilitate decreasing onward transmission

nicky ✨

NickyJWatkinson

rising above the discourse but j wanna say that in all this adhd/self diagnosis chat i haven't rly seen anyone talk about the fact that yes, most symptoms/traits for adhd

arkancide_is_real

Arkancideisreal

THREAD: A quick lesson in medical statistics for those of you who believe the current "second wave" scare story out of #Victoria.It starts with the concepts of sensitivity, specificity and

International Journal of Eating Disorders

IntJEatDisord

In honor of #mentalhealthawareness month, here we highlight #IJED papers that serve as a reminder that eating disorders are serious mental health concerns in need of continued rigorous research (an

Lewis Thomas

lewishthomas

Gov intends to monitor & implement coronavirus measures using R & the number of infections. Testing is unlikely to cover everyone with symptoms for a while yet, so how can

Dominique Heinke

Epi_D_Nique

Since selection/collider bias is currently a hot topic, it seems like a good time for a #tweetorial!Gather round #EpiTwitter (but not too close!) for a tour of my paper investigating

Prof Prachi Srivastava

PrachiSrivas

Thanks @metromorning @LondonMorning @CBCOntMorning @CBCSudbury @CBCSuperiorMorn @CBCKW891 @CBCWindsor for having me on to talk COVID-19 case increases and what it can mean for sustainable school reopening. Key messages:1. Will be

Julia Hartley-Brewer

JuliaHB1

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Matt Hancock told me on @talkRADIO that the False Positive Rate of Covid tests in the community is "under 1%". Sounds good, doesn't it? WRONG! An

alizorah 🎃

alizorahart

PLEASE teach young girls (& kids in general) the signs of abuse & manipulation. we need better sex ed. better mental health ed. there are so many things I &

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

’FALSE POSITIVE’ ANTIBODY CONFUSION: there are 2 different types. 1) Classical false positive rate is when true negative people test +, aka 1-Specificity. 2) Another is low POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE,

Taal Levi

taaltree

Antibody tests are coming online. Never before have humans needed to understand Bayes rule more. Let's talk about why it's critical NOT to assume you are immune to covid-19 when

Johnny Fekete

FullStackMaker

We expect my niece to be born today. And as the excitement grows I started thinking about how lucky she is to be born into this family.I wouldn't say we're

David Fisman

DFisman

Just a point of clarification...the Canadian wave-1 trailing off in early May would be the result of physical distancing. The "paradox of prevention" is that this will have maintained a