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UK Rolling out #COVID19 Rapid Tests! **NOTE: A quote says rapid tests missed 60% of positives in LiverpoolNOT accurateVAST majority of MISSES were LOW PCR RNA & thus NO LONGER
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Short THREAD. On False POSITIVES of rapid antigen tests. This is on SPECIFICITY or the issues of False POSITIVES and rapid antigen tests. Many people are concerned that these
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THREAD **IMPORTANT** (IMO)SO MUCH Continued CONFUSION about Rapid Antigen Tests - Now about Asymptomatics.A New @CDC_gov @CDCMMWR study concludes Ag tests didn't work in Asymptomatic ppl. Simply put, It's wrongHere
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Dear @CDCgov - Why can't you learn?The paper concludes rapid Antigen tests had only 40% sensitivity in AsymptomaticsBut failed to state they had 100% SENSITIVITY for what matters - culture
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Dec 31 2020Out-of-control spread of SARS-CoV2Nearly 4000 #COVID19 deaths per day in USVacc are many months away for most pplRapid paper strip tests *could* be in everyone’s home today to
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Great article bc it feels a bit haphazard (by intention) and thus captures the confusion of the current status of vaccine rollouts across the world.But I want to talk about
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:If a public health goal is detecting infectious ppl:The most sensitive #COVID19 test in the world, if used rarely (ie 1x/month) is:much LESS sensitive and LESS effective than
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UK has authorized AZ/Oxford vaccine. Importantly: UK is leading the way in taking a bold public health approach (vs individual health) to getting the population vaccinated - Prioritizing distribution of
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THREADData from Birmingham garnered LOTs of negative press about #COVID19 rapid Ag tests The data 1) is very small, 8 positives2) Shows EXACTLY what we expect, Rapid Ag tests detect
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THREAD There is (rightly) concern about the variant SARS-CoV-2 strains. I want to talk about what this means for vaccines, our future, and why we MUST have contingency plans.This thread
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IMPORTANT:Particularly for UK There’s been a LOT of concern about UK rapid antigen test program. But here, the very tweet supposed to be showing it is failing, it shows it’s
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Much excitement over vaccines, BUT we must not wait for them.I've "heard" the rollout of vaccines will be much slower than current WH says.Here, @vivek_murthy suggests same: mid-Summer/Fall 2021 for
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