#Positivity

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

Kelly Doran MD MHS

KellyMDoran

San Diego here is demonstrating a troubling attribution / statistical interpretation error I've seen more and more -- people are declaring "success" of their homelessness initiatives based on comparing rates

Kyle

DrKyle

What does a healthy, properly staffed & resourced, non-clusterfuck covid-19 testing and tracing system look like?Let me show you using this overlay of Saskatchewan's publicly available data up until a

Chandana || Only Shaheer Matters

ChandanaS19

BirdiesWhoever is Using Our Super Shah Wrong HT #/ShaheerShekih Intentional or Unintentionally..Let them be..We r here for #ShaheerSheikh he Matters to UsLet Us Fill his HT with Positivity..Just Prioritize him..If

Peter Cayton, the Stats Guy

PJACaytonPhD

Okay, let's talk about this one.First, this is total cases in log scale, which works for exponential models. But it makes it difficult to see changes once you are at

Beh G.

OracleOfIberia

I have tweeted several times about sensitivity of PCR tests and potential for false positives.There's increasing evidence that supports this theory and it's time we start taking this issue more

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

nathan

jonathanbrostar

I've been thinking recently about male body positivity and I want to share my thoughts.The first thought is "why don't people talk about male body positivity" Generally speaking, body image

Chris Vanderveen

chrisvanderveen

ELECTION DAY #COVID19Colorado update: Headline: "Colorado's hospitals jump above 800 patients as daily positivity nears 11%." HOSPITALIZATIONS(covid+ ONLY) Today: 814 (up 59 from yesterday) Last week: 538 (at this rate,

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flyingmilksh4ke

“No contact pedophiles” are legit making rape victims and pedo victims feel unsafe on twitter... andhave 100s of likes on their tweets that say they have a “voice” bro... just...

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

PCR positivity detected after symptom onset rarely reflects replicating likely contagious virus.PCR remains + for so longIn @NatureComms van Kampen et al. show this well. Look at how few PCR

Jason L. Salemi, PhD

JasonSalemi

Very brief "where we stand" in a few areas...2 weeks ago, the 7-day avg cases per day was 33171 week ago, the 7-day avg cases per day was 3818Today, the

Sara Cook

saraecook

NEW: @CBSNews has obtained several state reports by the WH Coronavirus Task Force, which warn:"There is now aggressive, unrelenting, expanding broad community spread across the country, reaching most counties, without

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

A look at where we cases are in the UK as we head towards a period of relaxed restrictions at Christmas next week.Cases are rising across the UK as a

Liam Caffrey

LiamCaffrey

Framing "close to zero" as a promise is false. It is a strategy. Something has to be done to keep the virus out. I suspect the hardest part is not

Zucker Doctor

DoctorLFC

On 31st January, for the first time in 305 days, the state of Gujarat had reported ZERO COVID19 deaths in a 24-hour period. + The total number of active COVID19

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