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THREAD: Incredible new study results for rapid antigen test by @AbbottNews BinaxNOWIn KIDS and adults; with symptoms and fully asymptomatic. Sensitivity:100% at Ct
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HUGE News!Abbott today received FDA EUA to use their true $5 paper-strip rapid antigen test AT-HOME!This is a massive step forward to getting true rapid, accessible, frequent paper strip tests
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THREAD: First at-home rapid test w FDA EUA! This is a great milestone! Congratulations to @EllumeHealth on this triumph. The EUA for this at-home test should be celebrated. I
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ImportantThis virus is not happening in a vacuum where no information existed previouslyOn Immunity, On testing, On serology, On transmission, On masks, On treatments...We must stop this narrative that we
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Agree! One dose = 2x people vaccinated The math is plain & simpleApproach is broken. We do not do what makes sense: w/ rapid tests or making single dose vacc
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THREAD: Maybe you’ve heard about Ct values in the qPCR test and viral loads. So what’s a Ct value, why is higher Ct a lower viral load, what’s it have
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New efforts w mass testing in Liverpool have dropped incidence by 2/3rds in weeksNot a “clean” pilot study of rapid tests bc other interventions also started at same time. There
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Right... lets keep focusing on PCR lab based medical testing for a public health warA public health test with a: -24 hour delay is just OK-48 hour delay really losing
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For anyone wondering what a best-in-class rapid antigen test looks like. This is the @AbbottNews PanBio rapid antigen test. If you lift up the plastic top (which is cheap) it
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HERE IS THE PLAN TO GET US OUT OF THIS #COVID19 WAR • NO lockdowns• NO waiting for vaccines• Reverses cases in weeksA true public health approach focused on the pplTo end the
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Not All Rapid Antigen Tests Are Equal!Please do NOT assume metrics same across tests Some work amazingly well to catch contagious virus. Some not If you hear
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VACCINES can work!Another #COVID19 phase 3 vaccine trial reports awesome results. This time, an estimated 94% efficacy95 COVID19 detected: only 5! in the vaccine group and 90 in the placeboBut
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