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1/6 Questions have been raised in both the media and by people of high-profile about the accuracy of COVID testing and how this may increase case counts: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-he-tested-both-positive-and-nega
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Rukmini S
Rukmini
Here's a new problem for India's testing data: states like Delhi are conducting both RT-PCR tests and antigen tests, but reporting positive test numbers combined. Antigen tests have much more
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Obsidian Geek
JohnTembo1982
A quick thread on COVID-19 diagnostics available now and what a negative or positive test result means in reference to the different tests being conducted to detect COVID-19. First definitions
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
THREAD: Incredible new study results for rapid antigen test by @AbbottNews BinaxNOWIn KIDS and adults; with symptoms and fully asymptomatic. Sensitivity:100% at Ct
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Medical Macaroni
dawalelo
Why do we repeatedly need to ask for transparent #covid19 data. Health Ministry @mohfw_india has ‘urged,’ all states to retest with RTPCR, all those who are negative on less accurate
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS WILL DETECT THE VARIANT STRAINS(Has quickly become the most frequently asked question....The epitopes targeted are not under selective immune pressure) A bit more nuance. Most rapid antigen
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Not All Rapid Antigen Tests Are Equal!Please do NOT assume metrics same across tests Some work amazingly well to catch contagious virus. Some not If you hear
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bitingbangus
1/nFor all those who think that taking herbal products to boost immunity will prevent them from having Corona infection: Here's a short session on how immunity works in the body.
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Nigel Curtis
nigeltwitt
Any debate about use of rapid antigen tests for screening well asymptomatic individuals for #SARCoV2 needs to acknowledge:PCR may be more sensitive than LFTs BUT:1. PCR is costly so not
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
IMPORTANT:Particularly for UK There’s been a LOT of concern about UK rapid antigen test program. But here, the very tweet supposed to be showing it is failing, it shows it’s
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
CLARIFICATION: Much confusion about rapid antigen testsALL evidence - when evaluated appropriately! - shows these are VERY good at detecting infectious virus• ~100% if used frequently• >95% for single samples with high,
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Jon Deeks
deeksj
How well is the Innova test working in Liverpool? This is a speculative calculation informed by data available from Liverpool. The source is the Liverpool mayor - reported 23,170 tests
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Kilian Schober
kischober
Very, very excited to share our @TU_Muenchen @DZIF_ pre-print on 'reverse phenotyping' of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells. A thread. 1/nhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.07.20245274v1 One important difficulty with analyses
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Nick Petaros
NickatCourier
UNI AD David Harris confirmed this morning that the COVID-19 test that caused Green Bay to back out of today’s basketball game was a false positive. A tier 1 individual
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Ryan McNamara 🧬
Ryan_Mac_Phd
Been seeing this preprint make the rounds about mass rapid antigen testing and a decrease in SARS-CoV-2 spread in Slovakia. Readers will logically ask: "why we can't do this in
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Michael Mina
michaelmina_lab
NEW RESULTS:Rapid Antigen tests work v well!Not all are same - Some much better than othersThis paper is a masterclass of how to study AND interpret the use of #COVID19
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