#Prevalence

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Huge ANTIBODY study in NYC among 40,000 health care professionals. Key #COVID19 findings:13.7% were seropositive. Of 6078 w/ previous PCR testing, 34.8% were PCR positive. Of previous PCR-positives, 6.5% had

Ross Tucker

Scienceofsport

I can only imagine the study that would need to be done to confirm this "90% accuracy" claim. In fact, I have to imagine it because I can pretty much

Matt Schiavenza

MattSchiavenza

Reading about China's Cultural Revolution is useful when wondering how millions of people can be radicalized, seemingly overnight, by a skilled demagogue (1/x) The CR began a few years after

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

It's almost time!! Follow along with the hashtag #COVIDdynamics as we head into the first day of our three-part series on #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 Dynamics & Evolution, with this 1-day virtual

Scott Gottlieb, MD

ScottGottliebMD

1/n My @WSJ Op Ed: We must plan now for when Covid vaccine supply exceeds demand; and how we create incentives. It starts with setting up framework for making a

Petros Ligoxygakis

LigoxygakisLab

The evidence on the new SARS-CoV2 variant considered by NervTag was 1) growth rate from genomic data (increased growth rate); 2) studies of R-values and detection of the variant (suggested

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

The current issue of #schoolclosures is so complex I am loathed to add my opinion to the twitter soupMassive uncertaintiesHigh stakesHuge health trade offsOpposing opinions Easy answers I'll just add

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

An absolute smorgasbord of data around children, schools and #COVID19 this weekWe've got @PHE_uk , the @ONS survey, REACT study, and a new SAGE report!Lets take a birds eye view

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

BAYES' THEOREM: The basic reason we get so many false positives to COVID19. The disease is so rare that the number of false positives greatly outnumbers the people who truly have the disease:

Riley Nelson

rileyjnelson31

To the basketball fans, who are your favourite players to watch in the NBA? Not necessarily the best players, but those you just can’t help but love. For me:Steph CurryBen

Aaron Kheriaty, MD

akheriaty

The original rationale for severe social distancing was to "flatten the curve." We accomplished that. But the lockdowns continue, and nobody speaks of "flattening the curve" anymore. What is the

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

Twitter is clearly not a place for nuanced talks on science. Rather, absolutism is favored. I stated today that if everyone wore procedure masks, then COVID-19 prevalence would plummet. That

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid Chronicles, Day 307One of the most challenging parts of Covid has been grappling with decision-making under uncertainty. It’s natural for MDs to weigh risks & benefits; med school

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. I'm a strong advocate of testing as an important pillar of the coronavirus pandemic response. There is often confusion about what testing offers, and I think it's helpful to

jess kant

jessdkant

Search warrants and warrant arrests in the City of Boston.What do you notice? This is where it gets interesting. We need to talk about "crime data" and selection bias. We

Kishan Patel

kish_petal

A thread about a desperately needed public health approach to gambling. RTs appreciated! "The public health approach involves defining and measuring the problem."So have we defined and measured gambling-harm? IMHO,

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