#Positivity

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Here is my latest heatmap of detected Covid-19 cases in England. Data from @PHE_uk *** 177 *** cases per 100,000 in the over-80s.There were **8** cases per 100,000 in the

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

JenniferNuzzo

A long thread about test positivity: Tracking positivity is important. Unlike number of tests, positivity is linked to the number of infections out there. It can help give us a

Tadas Petra

tadaspetra

SUCCESSFUL MINDSETSIn order to be successful, you have to think a certain way. Of course there are exceptions, but if you have at least some of the following mindsets, and

Edson

EdsonCGuido

THREAD: Totoo bang dumadami ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas dahil sa testing?Pag may time po kayo, sana ay mabasa nyo po ito at paki-RT pag sa tingin nyo po

Chris Godby

chgodby

Bonus thread today! I want to speak to a critical issue – college testing and how it impacts official % positivity. Most students have been sent home for the semester

Sarah Rasmussen

SarahDRasmussen

@nytimes, you keep making the same mistake, + you refuse to correct, no matter how many times I write the editors:You can’t compare test positivity to confirmed cases per population.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: There are more new confirmed cases each day in the US than at any time during the earlier April peak. But is it really meaningful to

Travelling Tabby

TravellingTabby

If anyone is wondering why England seems to be testing so much more than the rest of the UK right now, it is because they are including Lateral Flow Tests

Javeed Sukhera MD PhD

javeedsukhera

A few musings on the relationship between #toxicpositivity and #gaslighting: The 2 concepts are inextricably linked to one another. There is also an antidote to both! (a thread) Toxic positivity

Betsy Klein

betsy_klein

THREAD: On today's VP call with governors, Dr. Deborah Birx sounded the alarm with some dire warnings for states that are in the task force-defined “yellow zone” for cases and

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

A reader flagged this to me a week or so ago. The Georgia site just keeps changing the color legend of their map to keep pass with th Ed outbreak.https://twitter.com/andishehnouraee/status/1284237474831761408

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tuttifruttibby

now that sienna mae gomez is a big talking point due to her new merch, lets talk about how her intentions were good, but she has (INDIRECTLY) negatively affected the

Jillian Jorgensen

Jill_Jorgensen

Pretty surprised we have not heard more from @NYCMayor about schools at his daily presser, considering the positivity rate citywide has surged to 9% and we're not seeing an Christmas

Amanda Martinez Beck

AmandaMBeck

Thread: The limitations & fundamental problems w/ #bodypositivity rest in it's manner of dealing with POWER, in 3 fundamental ways: 1) where it places personal responsibility, 2) how it centers

Peter Rankin

RankinPeter

Today's charts.With Glasgow about to enter Level 2 territory, and Falkirk and Clackmannanshire having turned a corner, there's a small possibility the the FM might consider moving us all down

plaforscience

plaforscience

We predicted Spain's miraculous last weeks, we told shifting from PCR to rapid test was forcing descends.Now, thru official data analysis we can show how 'cases' and positivity follow the

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