#Tests

angus young

angus_young61

On this weekend exactly a year ago a 50-year-old woman from Hubei province in China arrived in the UK to visit her son studying in York. Within days both were

Prisca Kendagor

playwrightwoman

#COVIDー19 is just a mirror to why Health Care in the United States is simply classism warfare. A thread..... My name is Prisca. I live in the Midwest and I

Zach Shaw

_ZachShaw

Eli Brooks said Purdue's transparency with the COVID-19 positive case and protocols was a big key to him being comfortable playing. Said as a captain he tried to make sure

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

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

One of the problems with a pandemic, beyond the obvious people who whether young and genetically vulnerable, very elderly, or those with comorbidities (often not as badly comorbid as one

Nic

niccibelli

While we're talking about the MLB and its #COVID19 cases, I want to take a min to talk about this important paper from @michaelmina_lab at Harvard. I think it's THE

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

Terrific news that SalivaDirect gained @US_FDA approval today! A major step forward for lab based #COVID19 diagnostics. I'll explain why this is good for DIAGNOSTICS but also why this is

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking Newly reported deathsToday: 757Yesterday: 854One week ago (7/4): 306Newly reported casesT: 63KY: 67K7/4: 52KNewly reported testsT: 634KY: 823K7/4: 642KPositive test rateT: 9.9%Y: 8.1%7/4: 8.1% The

Dr Rachel Walker, Non-Binary Dragon of Awesomeness

UMassWalker

For those finalizing remote course syllabi for the fall, a few reminders re:#SurveillanceTech in the virtual classroom:1/ 2/ Per the advice of @Dr_Whomever, @Jessifer, @drsoup09 & others #OnHere: Don’t force

Philip Watson

PhilipWatson_

NI's death stats for week ending 31/7/20:273 - Total282 - Average deaths for same week over previous 5 yrs298 - Maximum deaths in same week over previous 5 yrs273 -

Justin Hart

justin_hart

Good gracious! The ridiculous folks on Team Apocalypse are moving the goalposts again! We've noted before that we're performing 10x more #COVID19 tests IN A SINGLE DAY than public labs

Parachute Museum

ParachuteMuseum

1/4. Former Wright Field researcher DT Barish invented the sailwing, 10yrs after patenting his vortex ring chute. It had a self-inflating ramair leading edge - one of the first. This

el gato malo

boriquagato

let's say it one more time:"discussing case counts without reference to testing levels is tantamount to lying."let's look at just how much difference it makes.i plotted raw "new positives reported

Stefan Marciniak

Prof_Marciniak

Some misleading tweets being circulated abt coronavirus testing in University of Cambridge. Truth is extremely good news.In wk 9 of asymptomatic testing, not a single student was a true positive.

el gato malo

boriquagato

anyone still presuming that a + PCR test is showing a covid case needs to read this v carefully:even 25 cycles of amplification, 70% of "positives" are not "cases." virus

🇺🇲LIBERTYOSAURUS🇺🇲

libertyosaurus

The PCR test-how it works and what we aren't being told. The specimen is obtained via swab, then RNA (ribonucleic acid) extracted and convert to DNA. Next this gets AMPLIFIED

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