#Diagnostics

Maria Van Kerkhove

mvankerkhove

1/ Reflecting on 2020, I’m so thankful for scientific collaboration around the working to end this pandemicPls read on to see an example of an extraordinaryinternational expert network @WHO

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

The massive confusion created by the media and the announcement of SalivaDirect for #COVID19 testing needs to be cleared up. Yesterday I wrote a long tweet thread about it. The

Rorschach

EduEngineer

1. This is a thread on the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use of HCQ to protect from SARS-CoV-2. First, note that if HCQ is antiviral and has a long half-life in

Dr. Thomas Binder, MD

Thomas_Binder

1/10The seasonal flu wave is caused by several influenza and beta-corona viruses. This year, Corona-19 joined in. In the flu wave ends, due to herd immunity, in April. With

mathfrak{Michael "Shapes Dude" Betancourt}

betanalpha

A short thread on what I think is particularly useful intuition for the application of computational statistics. Deterministic methods, like variational Bayes, utilize _rigid_ approximations. Ultimately these methods try to

Christos Christou

DrChristou

When I was working as a surgeon in #South Sudan, a family brought their terrified child to the @MSF clinic. A venomous snake had bitten him on the arm. Despite

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

We have reached the point where national lockdown restrictions are needed immediately as UKG has done. We must use the time it provides to change fundamentals of this infection through

Mark

MarkV41345427

OUR ENTIRE TESTING METHODOLOGY IS FLAWED:Testing is being used to drive policy. Whilst PCR accurately detects RNA, it DOES NOT detect infectious individuals (proof below). PCR testing without clinical observations

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.

Jake Wintermute

SynBio1

People I’m through the looking glass on poop DNA privacy. Follow me down the rabbit hole if you dare. Your typical bowel movement contains about 20 milligrams of DNA, of

Gilles Louppe

glouppe

2nd paper of the day with friends from @GRAPPAinstitute, incl. @C_Weniger, @NilanjanBanik and @gfbertone! We haven't solved protein folding, but I am quite excited about this study in which we

Abnormal Accrual

bbm010

$TSLAQ This post has nothing to impart about the accounting of $TSLA. So, if you are looking for witty repartee focusing on $TSLA, stop reading. In addition, if statistics are

Cab Davidson #FBPE

gnomeicide

We've had 3,871,825 Covid-19 cases recorded in the UK. Of which 112,660 died. Crudely thats a mortality rate of 2.91%. World beating, we're converting more infections into deaths than any

BTS ARMY Medical Union⁷

armymedunion

Happy New Year from BAMU! We're starting the year off with part 2 of our #BAMUCOVIDSeries this time talking about how this nasty virus affects our bodies and cause symptoms.

Election Research 2020

ElctionResearch

I show strong evidence that a simple computer glitch can cause these trends: switching some Trump votes for Biden.@va_shiva @Peoples_Pundit @thevivafrei @APhilosophae Please tag anyone relevant. Here's a simulation vs

Josh - Data Analyst in Nashville

ifihadastick

There is an incredibly stupid and and anti-science myth that is circulating around- that there is no immunity post-infection to Covid. Here's a few papers I've read and the summary

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