#Prevalence

Jon Deeks

deeksj

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%

Alan Fernihough

DiffusePrioR

“Understanding Persistence” by Morgan Kelly re-examines the historical persistence literature in economics from a spatial statistics perspective. I think the results are MASSIVELY important for social science more broadly so

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 114Medical Grand Rounds returns today: @YouTube here https://tinyurl.com/y99b6csl We cover the state of the pandemic, opening the schools, and the San Quentin prison outbreak. My

Dr Naomi Wolf

naomirwolf

1/"36,560 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2018, (US) 1,038 children (14 and younger) died [...]9,378 speeding-related deaths4,985 motorcycle fatalities6,283 pedestrians died, a more than 3% increase, and the

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

There is a paper out reporting high prevalence of #SARSCoV2 antibodies (IgG/IgM) in Italy from early September on. Factoring in a 1-2 week needed for seroconversion, this would imply that

Matt Graham

Matt__Graham

NEW PAPER"Measuring Misperceptions?"The one-word answer is "no." There is a substantial gap between the beliefs researchers describe and the beliefs surveys measure.Paper: https://m-graham.com/papers/Graham_measuringMisp

José C. Marín

jocamaga1974

Duodenal adenomas (picture) are a common problem in the upper GI of the patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)However, adenomas and gastric cancer are a matter of increasing concernA thread

Dave Mazzoni

MazzoniDave

What I picked up from Dr Mike Yeadon’s and Dr Claire Craig’s interview with Reiner Fuellmich for the German Corona investigation committeeNote: Prof Reiner Fuellmich has successfully prosecuted Deutsche Bank

Jessica Pickett

pickettjessica

So in the past week, we've learned that asymptomatic patients may take longer (2 months) to develop fewer antibodies, which then wane just as quickly. Along with concerning implications for

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

After a ~2 month plateau from mid-Nov to mid-Jan, the US #COVID19 epidemic has undergone a steady week after week decline and is now back to daily case counts last

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

The raging narcissism, particularly of the cosplaying men who now deny that they wanted no part of any of the seditious stuff, is striking. Men who have a huge reserve

Maja Thiele

MajaThiele

1/Please, PLEASE: elevated liver stiffness in the general population is NOT fibrosis.The otherwise great study from @DrMTLong in @HEP_Journal testing #liverstiffness in the Framingham Heart Study () provides a good

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

It's time to clarify some things about children, schools and #COVID19 Summary: Young children seem significantly less susceptible, probably less likely to transmit. Less clear for teens. Schools mainly follow

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/22) Study of household transmission of #SARSCoV2 in the US in March to April. Extremely thorough investigation by the CDC showing an equal attack rate for children and adults, among

Dr. Thomas Binder, MD

Thomas_Binder

1/10The seasonal flu wave is caused by several influenza and beta-corona viruses. This year, Corona-19 joined in. In the flu wave ends, due to herd immunity, in April. With

Jacob S Kellogg

JacobSKellogg

This is, overall, a great thread that's worth reading.However, I think it gets a bit reductive on some points, so I'd like to fill in some nuance about the relationship

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