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Dr Zoë Hyde
DrZoeHyde
(1/3) Case series describing catastrophic vascular events (stroke, heart attack, blood clot cutting off blood to a limb), in 4 young people with previously asymptomatic COVID-19 in Singapore, 1-3 months
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Sue Crengle
tiekemanu
Reasons why current COVID cluster might not be catastrophic failure...1: test has false negative rate so a person in managed isolation could have had asymptomatic infection and false neg test.
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Yardley Yeadon
MichaelYeadon3
This is great. The first time the notion of “asymptomatic transmission” was mentioned, I smelled a rat. It’s biologically implausible. Not saying it’s never happened once, but as an important
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Josh #MassTestingNowPH #NEVERAGAIN
josh_danac
again, actually OK yung time-based definition ng recovery kasi in line siya sa scientific evidence and it saves on tests and helps clear mild/asymptomatic patients faster.However, di rin naman pwedeng
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Jillian Jorgensen
Jill_Jorgensen
Something to consider when comparing the school test positivity rate (which has been low) with the broader NYC test rate:The school rate only includes tests done in school. If you’re
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
But Oxford/AztraZeneca trial did swab every week & asymptomatic infection reduced substantially so we can say with relative confidence now that what is EXPECTED to happen will happen- the person
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
1. A year ago the first person with asymptomatic covid was documented. My colleague @danieloran culled the data from 61 studies, 1.8 million people to determine how often this occurs.
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Dr. Tara C. Smith
aetiology
Didn't have a chance to discuss this yesterday, but I think it emphasizes again just what is still unknown about "asymptomatic" infections: a thread. (Link to research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6.p
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MariNaomi
marinaomi
If 40% of folks infected by COVID are asymptomatic, we should be testing people (after travel, exposure, etc.), not quarantining them and waiting for signs that likely won't even appear
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Alison Blunt
AlisonBlunt
1/6 Myth 1 'You can have it and not know it and still spread it'Simply not possible. Recent study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19802-w) published in Nature (20 November 2020) looked at prevalence of
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Adam Finn
adamhfinn
On the rapid lateral flow test debate: worth clarifying that this is a “red light” test - you do it regularly and frequently and rapidly when you think you haven’t
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
MonicaGandhi9
Please allow me to go back to this question of "do vaccines prevent transmission?". What do vaccines do? Stimulate antibody (from B cells) and T cell responses (not often measured)
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Stacey
ScotsFyre
The CDC has been combining asymptomatic (people who never get sick) & presymptomatic (also called prodromal - non specific symptoms like muscle aches & fatigue) in every study they have
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Zara Bourgeois/The Medicine Woman
med1cinewoman
The COVID vaccine is already being marketed to be 90% effective. Just like with every marketing campaign there is a catch. The catch here is that the effectiveness pertains to
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éilís
eilisnifhear
Thinking about how Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) only went back to working in high-contact cooking jobs because being a laundry maid paid too little. Her employer or the state could
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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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