#Testing

Lucy D’Agostino McGowan

LucyStats

Prevalence of a disease plays an important role in your probability of having it given you test less relevant for testing COVID-19 infection since RT-PCR rarely (if ever) has

Holly

hfraught

A thread: please bear with me. I feel a bit weird sharing this on SM, but in case anyone else is feeling this way, here goes: my throat started getting

Omnipotent Moral Busybody

OBusybody

1/13 Universal lockdowns are bad policyHere are 12 articles, since April, that provide a sample of the evidence available, indicating lockdowns are not a key intervention in preventing the harms

Marcus Yam 文火

yamphoto

When we look back at 2020, we'll remember that a little virus changed the world. From doctors and nurses to technicians & maintenance employees, many are finding themselves learning to

Danny Boy

Care2much18

I put all of my usual updates in this thread because I am not too well and it'll be easier to just do one for the day. I'll do more

Quito Maggi

quito_maggi

My experience the last 4 days has made me extremely sceptical about what #BackToSchool has in store for parents, teachers and childrenA thread about how @ottawahealth dealt with a #COVID19

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Thread: Going through the latest SAGE releases, some interesting bits to tease out of it, will write this in bursts over the next day.The main meeting which begins with

Laura Henderson

SixandLaura

1/ The k value, the dispersion of the R0 among cases, is low in SARS-cov-2, as it was in SARS 110-20% of cases cause 80-90% of new infections. *7/10 cases

TheCyberChick

warriors_mom

“Antifa is Just Occupy Wall Street Rebranded. Here’s How I Know.” #Anarchy #FollowTheMoney https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2020/05/30/846427/ The mainstream media was portraying old people in walkers wearing American flags on thei

HOME Singapore

home_migrantssg

1/The government announced last night that all construction workers will be served a Stay-Home Notice (SHN). This means that they will not be allowed to leave their living quarters for

Dr. Sonali Vaid MD MPH

SonaliVaid

Enforcing compulsory institutional isolation at this stage of spread in Delhi is #contrary to principles of patient care and judicious use of resources. Such a process will cause dynamics and

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SheWhoRises

I cannot stop thinking about the person I know who spent WEEKS in Hubei Province (Wuhan), returning December 3, 2019. In January it was discovered the #coronavirus began in NOVEMBER

Ferris B

StuartMFoulkes

I said it before and I’ll say it again, this thing is gonna be fun. $KICK against $BTC . The #Telegram channel has been consistent with clear development progress &

Scotty

scottyeders

Handley Victor ThreadAs with all the V bombers, their origins were linked with the British atomic weapons programme and nuclear deterrent policies. Air Ministry drew up requirements for bombers to

Arturs

DerpyScripts

Not just annoying, but absolutely fucking disgusting. Made a website even less accessible than it already was (government deadline for public agencies being WCAG 2.1 AA compliant was September 23rd,

Atthar Mirza

atthar_mirza

I just published my first interactive data visualization for @washingtonpost! Working with @emilyrauhala, I took a look at the widening gap in vaccination rates between high and low income countries.Read