#Tests

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

1/ If we want to avoid situations in this pandemic in which we have to make the decision between more people dying or lockdown, we should increase testing.It needs to

Jonathan Humphries

JHumphriesEcho

(Thread) Few thoughts on Liverpool’s mass testing plan. It isn’t controversial. If, at a bare minimum, it detects a few hundred asymptomatic cases, that has the potential to crush the

Department of Health and Social Care

DHSCgovuk

We're continuing to make coronavirus testing easier and more accessible.If you have symptoms, book your free test at http://nhs.uk/coronavirus or call 119Here’s a thread of 5 common myths you may

Brett Kelman

BrettKelman

Tennessee’s coronavirus stats went wonky today because both the Nashville and state governments separately changed how they present data. I know many of you attempt to follow this closely, so

The Sharing Scientist

ScienceShared

Getting very tired of people misusing my threads on testing to try and state that PCR is crap and LFDs are amazing.Both tests have limitations. PCR is still the gold

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

New UK Coronavirus analysis. A thread. Public Health England has today released the second tranche of data for COVID tests. This is the most comprehensive data we have for tests

Bill Fitzgerald

funnymonkey

We need to reopen schools. We need to reopen schools before more people realize that all the technology purchased with millions of taxpayer dollars to transform education doesn't really work.

Thomas Tsai

Thomasctsai

There's a lot of discussion on why testing has gone down the last week (see chart below from @COVID19Tracking)Some have suggested data issues at the county and state levels. True

Hope King

lisahopeking

Earlier today I caught up with a friend who is a Black woman living in the NYC area. We talked about the wane of BLM energy, the reality of the

Hold2

Hold2LLC

US Update: 8/20/20Graph 1: Daily Deaths + Current Hospitalizations- Hospitalizations falling off a cliff- Deaths DOWN 46 W-o-W- 4th consecutive day of W-o-W decline in deathsWith so many legacy deaths

Jordan Schachtel

JordanSchachtel

Just about every country in the northern hemisphere that is considered a COVID-19 "success story" has 1 or both of these common factors:1) They don't have high obesity %.2) No

theliberatededucator

blackandlit1

Unpopular opinion: alot of white people dont want true desegregation in schools. Many middle class and upper middle class parents dont want to experience the discomfort of true integration. Think

James Lin

jamestwotree

Archival find of the day: in 1977 Taiwan sent an expert on fruit and vegetable juice processing to Saudi Arabia to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a prickly pear (仙人掌果,

Al Thabaat

AlThabaat2

If one's picture of the path of Jihad is tainted with romanticism and hype, then be assured they will most likely not withstand the tests and trials that await. This

John Bye

_johnbye

The government has now released some info on how LFTs compared to PCR in field tests in Liverpool. h/t @ScienceSharedIt's not great.LFTs found about half the people that tested positive

Dara Kass, MD

darakass

A on COVID Living Room Spread: Saturday: - Older, out of the house brother wants to visit younger siblings. Mom says "get a test on the way, if you

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