#Turnaround

Ryan McNamara 🧬

Ryan_Mac_Phd

Thread on miscommunication regarding SARS-CoV-2 PCR testingFalse-positives by PCR testing are quite rare. It is the gold standard as it is sensitive enough to identify the virus during early and

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

"Please allow 6-10 days [or 'even longer]for results" This is not only useless testing but worse, absolutely misleading testing @cvspharmacy 6-10 day turnaround time will not help prevent spread to

Kael Weston

KaelWeston

Let’s be clear: while I have many members of my family who served in the military — dad and two uncles in Vietnam, grandfather in WW2, cousin in the national

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Lately I have been asked why we are seeing a dramatic turnaround in cases in the US. Is it vaccines? Herd immunity? An artifact due to

John Raftery

johnjraftery

Leadership transition, a challenge at the best of times, is much harder when the incoming leader is inheriting discontent, division, underperformance and the results of poor leadership by a predecessor.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:The chart below is tests per 1000 people. Relative to other countries, the United States is doing a lot of testing. So why do public health experts

Tees Valley Monitor

TeesVMonitor

RYANAIR FLIGHTS FROM TEESSIDE AND HOUCHEN’S FLIGHTS OF FANCYThe news that Ryanair was returning to Teesside made the headlines yesterday. Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen had this to say: “Securing

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

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Why is testing breaking down again? Of course where cases are rising, demand is also rising. More people are symptomatic and more people have been exposed. The result is discouraging

Jesse Thorn

JesseThorn

When I interviewed Larry King, it was at his house, a cliched mini-mansion in Beverly Hills. I sat and waited in his trophy room, where ever inch of wall was

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

BREAKING: White House takes away FDA authority to regulate COVID tests. It’s August, de-regulating & politically meddling are not what FDA needs right now.More soon. Follow if interested. The FDA

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Bo0regaurd

The left is right about Homicide Statistics!! In 2016 Chicago had 763 murders, BUT only 151 were cleared. Which means only 151 ended up in the FBI uniform crime report

gggg21

gggg2120

Please go to Halo in this article and have a read...250,000 tests a week to start with. Halo is the company/app/shell if you like....I will present why I am pretty

B. Thomas Hall

ThomasHall17

My wife, in LTC with dementia, passed away from complications caused by covid-19 last Monday. Her nursing home escaped covid in the spring through the staff's hard work and good

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

1/6 Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are now several test types available in the United States. In this post, we explain how each one works and compare

ArkansasCovid

ArkansasCovid

A true story of contact tracing in Arkansas:An Arkansan had symptoms of Covid-19 and was tested in mid-June. He received a positive result 7 days later. He was contacted by

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