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Context matters … I am aware that people outside the UK are reading my tweets and papers, and influencing their thinking about lateral flow testing. It’s really important that you
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Great summary and we really need to take the toxicity out of this. Agree with >95% of what is here. Thx for taking time to do this. The big challenge
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I'm rather concerned by the inability of Test-and-Trace to explain the diagnostic accuracy of the lateral flow test. This was the statement about the performance of Innova in the School
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MHRA exceptional authorisation of Innova for asymptomatic individuals was issued on 22nd Dec.This is a LIMITED approval, and the details of how and why it is LIMITED are important. It
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What was the sensitivity and how many false positives were there from Mass Testing of University students?Results from University of Birmingham and Universities in Scotland don’t make good reading.SENSITIVITY 3%
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So the next new Covid-19 testing technology to look at is the OPTIGENE LAMP test - as covered here in the Guardian.1/13Experts question claimed accuracy of Covid-19 saliva testshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/04/experts-question-
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Mass testing in Liverpool MISSED ~50% of infections and ~30% with high viral loads. Results are in this Government document, but no actual numbers or details are given.Absolutely URGENT that
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INNOVA test – time for critical appraisal of the reportWhat does the report say about the test and should we believe it?1/20https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/UK%20evaluation_PHE%20Porton%20Down%20%20University%20of%20O
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How well is the Innova test working in Liverpool? This is a speculative calculation informed by data available from Liverpool. The source is the Liverpool mayor - reported 23,170 tests
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How well will these 15-minute rapid tests Boris mentioned work? (quick answer – we don’t know)The Innova test was mentioned this week in Telegraph.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/19/government-secures-20-million-covid-quick-tes
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Follow-on explanation from RSS statementFair questions about the actual figures used, and how this fits with repeated cheap testing as proposed by Michael Mina and others.Key is that the Mina
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Only evidence for accuracy of UK-Rapid Test Consortium Covid-19 AbC test is flawedOver a week ago with @sarahboseley I asked for transparent reporting of RTC study that says test has
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