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Some of the replies to this have made it clear people still think Covid tests are all painful, and would avoid them. That's *not true*. Thisis a swab for a
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The severity of covid varies greatly by age, with risks of death in young people often said to be equivalent to those of flu. This is one of the most
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The last few weeks it has been clear the U.K. is sliding into a pandemic resurgence, and is very poorly placed to deal with it 1/nhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/11/its-world-leadingly-bad-is-what-it-is-the-week-covid-surged-a
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This is a phenomenal article on the potential of different sorts of testing, and the ways that we are limited by demands for sensitivity and specificity. There's one important thing
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This is part of a long and excellent thread that is worth reading in its own right. I am almost entirely in agreement. With the exception that I want to
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OK some thoughts on the fraught situation with schools and the pandemic. There’s been quite a few good opeds on this recently. I hope to add something useful below 1/goodnessknows
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I'm quoted in this @nytimes article from @apoorva_nyc being blunt (again) about the clumsy way we communicate risks of airborne transmission, and the way @WHO has handled it 1/nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-
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Tony Fauci says the US death toll is ‘going to be very disturbing’, even when you consider the 120k+ lives lost already. He’s right. I would optimistically estimate that the
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A few thoughts about language and the pandemic. We are hearing a lot of talk of ‘second waves’, which I think has the capacity to seriously mislead. Talk of a
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Anyone feel like it’s mid March all over again? I was not sure how the pandemic would roll across the US in the summer. Recent events make it more clear-
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It’s very far from unexpected, but look at the National US cases ticking up per the @nytimes. A couple comments on that 1/n first the comparison with the spring -
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Some very brief (It’s late!) comments on the recent results on hydroxychloroquine and dexamethasone 1/? Firstly – understanding the surgisphere debacle is relevant to publishing practices especially in the ferment
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