#Testing

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Lately I have been asked why we are seeing a dramatic turnaround in cases in the US. Is it vaccines? Herd immunity? An artifact due to

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

https://www.nicholaslewis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Rebuttal-of-claims-by-Christopher-Snowdon-about-false-positive-COVID-19-test-results_NLewis.pdf

Dion O'Neale

droneale

A brief about COVID vaccines and testing and transmission and symptoms. I’ve been hearing comments about how workers like those infected in the latest outbreak need to be vaccinated

Kyle Baxter

kbaxter

The primary reason we are in December watching helplessly as cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to grow is Trump’s decision to not only give up on distancing after 2 weeks

Berkeley RadWatch

UCBRadWatch

Brief break from covid: @bordnerautumn, fellow at @BerkeleyLawCLEE, lawyer at @blueoceanlaw & co-founder of @amp_micronesia, is taking over our Twitter today to teach us about U.S. #nucleartesting in the Marshall

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/10) Follow-up study of household contacts of people with #COVID19, showing it’s possible to prevent transmission at home.Daily testing showed some people may not test positive for long. One child

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Influenza testing, week 51.CDC flu view. https://cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htmFive-year average: 15.80% positiveThis year: 0.10%https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JXUW_6CF4e04iAWyC_MU23SY6scEYUo4GKEXmQUhHbo/edit?usp=sharing Influenza te

Ewan Colman

ewancolman

New preprint with @RowlandKao @researcherjess and @GavrilAmadea! We estimate the proportion of #SARSCoV2 infections in England that get diagnosed with a positive test (1/13) ...https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.09.21251411v1 H

Lindsay Brown

Lidsville

"Many staff who tested positive for the virus were in shock as they experienced no symptoms - 42 staff. 59 residents. In one care home..." New post from Laila Yuile

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

The document linked below shows (2 weeks ago) what guidance on the use of rapid point-of-care testing could look like. @ICMRDELHI conducted a 2-site eval of antigen test. Note recommendation

Josh Friedlander

JoshFriedlander

The pandemic will soon be over. The fix is in. If under updated WHO guidance, the pcr tests only consider cycles of 20 or less, official test positives will plummet,

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

A perspective on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, on what I consider a positive day in the pandemic: Firstly a reminder; this virus is highly infectious and causes a severe, often fatal,

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I demand we halt mass PCR testing. Everyone should campaign for this. It’s the single action needed to save our society.1. It’s untrustworthy. Govt admits it’s out of control: basic

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) The number of #COVID19 cases in Montreal has been dropping much faster than the rate of hospitalizations and deaths, suggesting this is partly the result of the dramatic decrease

IndiaSpend

IndiaSpend

New research has shown that pre-existing antibodies for the common cold could help protect people, especially children, from #COVID19. Read this thread for insights: Scientists at the University College London

Jason L. Salemi, PhD

JasonSalemi

A quick update on COVID-19 in FLRough week - I don't recommend moving...ever Well BRIEFLY tackle:1. cases2. testing3. positivity4. hospitalizations5. deaths1/ 1. CASESLet's start with all age groups combined.At

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