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This week more than 50 leading physicians and scientists published a letter in support of frequent rapid antigen testing.https://www.rapidtests.org/expert-letter Signers include @ASlavitt, Paul Farmer, Brenda Fitzgerald, @EricTopol, @
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
Dec 31 2020Out-of-control spread of SARS-CoV2Nearly 4000 #COVID19 deaths per day in USVacc are many months away for most pplRapid paper strip tests *could* be in everyone’s home today to
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ I signed on to this effort from @RapidTests & a number of colleagues to urge Congress to utilize rapid antigen testing in a smart way for epidemic control. #covid19https://www.rapidtests.org/expert-letter
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Ranu Dhillon
RanuDhillon
1/ Based on our work on Ebola & Zika, when Covid hit in January, we called for mass screening with rapid tests as a way to stop Covid in US
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Covidpath
covidpath
Makes sense that testing for monitoring shouldn't require the same exacting specifications as diagnostic testing. Even the Abbott rapid test machine the White House uses is not 100% accurate. But
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
The new variant B.1.351 is evading immunity, infecting ppl already vaccinated w AZ vaccineI’m concerned for the others too since all have very similar design against original SpikeThis should be
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
To save society from this virus, we need to focus on daily fast #COVID19 tests. These are more critical now than even vaccinesForget the headlines! These are not less accurate.
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Abraar Karan
AbraarKaran
1/ Sharing our new piece in @washingtonpost on using rapid tests for epidemic control.It shouldn't have taken 8 months for the idea to pick up- the same arguments were made
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Rapid Tests
RapidTests
1/ Some may be wondering: What ever happened to rapid tests? There was a lot of excitement a few months ago and even the FDA seemed to open up. So
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
Terrific news that SalivaDirect gained @US_FDA approval today! A major step forward for lab based #COVID19 diagnostics. I'll explain why this is good for DIAGNOSTICS but also why this is
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Matthew Noah Smith
MattNoahSmith
Below is a very bad article on Covid testing. It has poor thinking by *MDs* about testing. And yes I, someone who is not a medical doctor, am claiming that
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
THREAD There is (rightly) concern about the variant SARS-CoV-2 strains. I want to talk about what this means for vaccines, our future, and why we MUST have contingency plans.This thread
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Joseph Allen
j_g_allen
1/ A TOOL TO END THE PANDEMICEveryone wants to get out of this pandemicSo what if we told you there was a way to do it, saving lives and livelihoods,
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The Sharing Scientist
ScienceShared
There is much furore over Ag-LFDs again this week, with the arguments often over-simplified, & even turning toxic.It doesn't help that the government have, & are continuing to, lie their
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