#Testing

Kashif Pirzada, MD

KashPrime

Lots of attention (finally) on rapid tests today, but it is important that they be used properly and in the right setting. They have limits, they are best at picking

Archosargus probatocephalus

ArchoProbato

[THREAD] Much of the reporting on NYC schools' recent shift to all remote instruction is so atrocious, and the bloviating from people who have no idea the school conditions is

Prof Somashekhar Nimbalkar, MD, PGDPH, CPH, Neo

ProfSomashekhar

The story of testing in #COVIDー19 #COVID19India is revealing. Initially RT-PCR was being done in few government centers. Capacity was rapidly increased across country in Govt areas such as medical

el gato malo

boriquagato

nothing says "this crisis is not living up to my PR needs" like starting to cook the books and falsify data.watch as caifornia moves to overstate ICU utilization by calling

🌈 Virginia 🌈 Gay 🌈

virginia_gay

Hullo friends!As we enter the perinium of the year, & testing rates drop, its time for me to tell you that I have had Covid and YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T WANT

Geoff Redick

GeoffWSYX6

So here's a COVID-19 statistic I did *not* know we didn't have: county-level testing positivity rates.Why did I ask? Because Columbus (Franklin County) and Cleveland (Cuyahoga County) DO report their

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Prevalence of infection in secondary school children is 1 in 50- the highest in any age group in England. Increases in prevalence among secondary school children, with possible early increases

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

QUICK THREAD ON LATERAL FLOW DEVICE (LFD) TESTS:LFD tests are mainly used for testing people without symptoms and PCR tests are used for those with (new) symptoms. LFD tests now

Ciaran Jenkins

C4Ciaran

Testing has been under strain this week to put it mildly. We went to a care home at the heart of an area battling a COVID outbreak. Surely if anyone’s

ANTHONY_CAMPOLO

ajcwebdev

Been picking @BenDMyers' brain over the last few days about accessibility. Here's some scattered thoughts and resources I've gather:I think the industry has gotten much better at making the case

PriyankaPulla

PriyankaPulla

New story: I report on what @tifrarnab calls The Great Mask-erade, the profusion of fake, poor quality N95 respirators flooding the Indian market:https://thewire.in/health/covid-19-counterfeit-n95-masks-cdsco-bis-standards Things I learnt w

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

Azar just released a delusional, alternative history of Covid testing in the US. I’m mad because our testing failures allowed this outbreak to blow-up. We can’t fix our system if

Scott Evans

SEvans1990

Just some thoughts on this ever growing situation with the Covid-19 variant that originated from the UK. I know most on https://Twitter.com want to discuss Trump and Liddell but right

Prof

covidtweets

A new CDC study finds more cases (per 100K) in counties with a university which had in-person instruction, compared to counties with universities which were fully online...Who knew all that

Sara Danner Dukic

saradannerdukic

When we look at other countries when it comes to opening schools, let’s be realistic.Other countries have their spread under control.Germany: 569 new cases per dayItaly: 280 new cases per

NYC Angry Mom - #OpenSchools

angrybklynmom

My children are in a NYC Catholic School. We moved them from our local public this year, because we wanted them to be in school full-time.Part of the reason I

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