#Testing

MkLXIV

MkLXIV

Can somebody teach Twitter that if you're going to bring serious allegations against someone, you're going to need more than hearsay and out-of-context screenshots? I can't go ONE. DAY. without

Myles McNulty

MylesMcNulty

I was not intending to comment on #AVCT again until more solid news-flow, but I've had numerous messages today about the current 14% drop in the SP.For me, it's simply

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD update on variants:Today PHE released more variant data (& split the B1617 ("Indian") variant into 3 subtypes).Big increase with 400 overall cases in UK - closing in on B1351

Mike Hixenbaugh

Mike_Hixenbaugh

Finally, some helpful but incomplete data on cumulative COVID-19 hospitalizations in Houston. More than 1,000 admissions so far at the city’s major hospital systems, though this omits many smaller hospitals

Robᵉʳᵗ Graham😷, provocateur

ErrataRob

The President deserves neither the credit nor the blame you heap on him for how he's handling the pandemic.https://twitter.com/securitybrew/status/1254246017836474369 We don't live in an autocracy that vests a single person

Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti

ChelseaParlett

Here are things that come up a LOT for me as a stats consultant/collaborator: use explicit equivalence tests, not p > 0.05 (or use ROPE if ya Bayesian)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2515245918770963 @lakens @annemscheel

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

No. @DouthatNYT. As much has you'd like to cast experts as ivory tower and out of touch, most people in public health use common sense, are well-acquainted with uncertainty and

Legally Privileged 3.5% #BlackLivesMatter

LPrivileged

#3Point5Percent #Resist #persist #BringDownGovSaveTheUKThe following tweets contain the draft of a letter for you to copy and send to your MP, the whip, your local party /group office, your local

bozopops

bozopops

IMPORTANT COVID RESOURCE: PLEASE SHARE: Below is the sheet by sheet #database of several #resources as prepared by our team. This is updated every day, and you can see real

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

A source just gave me the following information. A hospital in Wales, Nevill Hall in Abergavenny, has 250 beds. 200 beds are empty. The surgeons are bored & pass much

Joshua Weitz

joshuasweitz

Two critical sentences from a critical JAMA Currents article by Dr. David Hains and colleagues (including @florian_krammer):https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2766215/a short thread on 'shield immunity' 1. The prevalence o

Remy Levin

RemyLevin

This hot take has been getting some attention today, so I think it's worth talking about why I think it's specious, and why the headline it comes with ("Lockdowns don't

'Fisayo Soyombo

fisayosoyombo

On April 5, I tweeted about an Indian-owned hospital on Victoria Island housing two Indian patients with symptoms that could POTENTIALLY be COVID19-related. I have the final updates for you.1/7

Michael Morrah

MichaelMorrah

1/2 A good summary of the ongoing border bungles, misinformation, and why it matters from @Bryce_edwards. @dchengnz who’s questions went unanswered, @JennaLynchNZ showed the Minister hadn’t read testing strategy, @thomasmanch

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Like I suspect a number of scientists I've been quizzed by a variety of friends and family on COVID, and its gone up recently because (a) school is back and

Justin McElroy

j_mcelroy

63 new cases of #COVID19 in B.C. over the last two days.Hospitalizations are at the lowest level in six days, and the number of active cases is flat. Today's chart.