#Testing

Fergal Bowers

FergalBowers

The Health Information and Quality Authority has published a rapid health technology assessment (HTA) of alternative diagnostic testing methods for detecting Covid-19, as requested by the National Public Health Emergency

Andy Cowper

HPIAndyCowper

On the first day of Covid, my true love sent to meA Partridge In A Pear-Shaped Ministryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuN7kOW7iwo On the second day of Covid my true love sent to meTwo Metres

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

BREAKING NEWS (MSNBC, live on-air): Per NBC Medical Expert, Letter from Trump Doctor to US Voters Actually Means Trump Is "Clearly Still Positive" for COVID-19 Per CDC-Standard Testing Regimen; Letter

G Raghuram

UntergrundmannG

#COVID19India DL: Cases and tests both show negative growth till mid-Feb. Testing continues to decline while case counts start rising again. Testing increases mildly to ~ 10% WoW when weekly

Lionel Page

page_eco

Australia has been remarkably successful at slowing down infections over the last few days. Today there were only 4% new confirmed cases!THREAD about possible causes and what it means for

nick kokonas

nickkokonas

Covid testing for restaurants -- a thread.On June 1 The Alinea Group was notified by an employee that s/he had tested positive for Covid19. That employee had not worked in

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

An interesting discussion about contact tracing. Adding my 2 cents.Pre-symptomatic transmission means traditional strategies will be much less effective, but personally I can’t imagine not letting contacts know that they

Irène DB

UrbanFoxxxx

The gigantic Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, a concrete coffin holding 3.1 m cubic feet of US-produced nuclear waste. It's now at risk of collapsing, leaking out radioactive substances

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

PCR testing & the CDC controversy. Some thoughts. Per fascinating paper (see below), we are likely (1) infectious no more than 9d; (2) but can carry VL/test PCR + up

Supriya Sharma

sharmasupriya

The regulatory mess with rapid antibody tests in India:"Companies need approval from the National Institute of Virology for efficacy of kits and an import licence from drug controller. Many companies

Tony Yates

t0nyyates

This anonymous commenter doesn't understand it as well as he or she thinks they do.https://twitter.com/mrianleslie/status/1248989722212532224 I'm not even sure they grasp what the scientists mean by 'herd immunity'. It's not

David Lewis

DG_Lewis

The lack of data – mainly due low levels of testing – means it is still hard to say just how widespread #COVID19 is across #Africa. @khoureld + I delved

Zackary Berger

DrZackaryBerger

A thread about why undocumented immigrants are at greater danger from #COVID19. I'm talking about #Baltimore but applies similarly to other cities. And other groups, too. Because our webs of

Dawn Foster

DawnHFoster

The devil’s in the detail in this Telegraph story: tests “offered”, people “able to see if they are eligible to apply”. Spoken to key workers in councils and care homes

Nadine Dorries 🇬🇧

NadineDorries

1. Journalists and media need to be more balanced. Testing, is not a cure, it won’t cut the number of deaths, it won’t make people feel better or stop them

Ravi Rannan-Eliya

ravirannaneliya

The sudden jump in new cases is simply b'cos testing was ramped to 15K. It confirms what I have always assumed. Despite the drop in detected cases, daily infections have