#Asymptomatics

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Two months ago, I summarized the status of people w/ #SARSCoV2 infections who don't manifest symptoms (asymptomatics) vs presymptomatics https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1270178612457598976With so much more we've learned since,

Jon Deeks

deeksj

Follow-on explanation from RSS statementFair questions about the actual figures used, and how this fits with repeated cheap testing as proposed by Michael Mina and others.Key is that the Mina

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Deep Dive!This is an important thread about testing for SARS-CoV-2 which will explain:-why herd immunity is possible at 10-20%-why testing has really let us down and led to bad policy

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

BAYES' THEOREM: The basic reason we get so many false positives to COVID19. The disease is so rare that the number of false positives greatly outnumbers the people who truly have the disease:

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The extent to which #COVID19 can cause sequelae is a critical question. A new study on Swiss military recruits found no effect on strength but a decrease in aerobic capacity

Andrew💙Croxford

andrew_croxford

Back to this: It goes without saying that preventing infection prevents transmission. A vaccine that TRULY prevents infection rolled out in a population will put up roadblocks all over the

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

FACT: The PCR or lateral flow tests do not test for Covid19 nor do they test for even a single or even many SARSCoV2 particles or virions. The PCR is

Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

KatherineJWu

Rapid tests are already being used to screen people without symptoms for the coronavirus — even though they're not cleared for this purpose, and the data in asymptomatics is sparse.Some of

Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

drmusanordin

TQ@SDBIOSENSOR_PR used in Msia is pre-qualified by @WHOValidated by IMR-90% Sensitivity & 100% Specificity.RTK-Ag is an excellent test for contagiousness-detect within 1-2hr-Isolate-Contact Trace.Rapid response to bust clusters/outbreak

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

THE #MONOTTIPROTOCOL HOW TO END THE PANDEMIC1 Stop testing asymptomatics, PCR & lateral flow protocols confirmed by international scientists without conflicts of interest, not WHO or SAGE2 Take vitamin D

Sabina Walker 😀 Master Appl Science (Neuroscience

SabinaWalker18

1/x Testing = CasesThis ALSO:(1) #False_Positive PCR results (compared to True Positives)especially if #asymptomatics tested&(2) #NON_infectious cases IF excess Ct cutoffLeads to #erroneous reporting of #NON_infectious

Ben Cowling

bencowling88

(1/10) Just posted our new preprint on the successful suppression of first wave of #COVID19 in Hong Kong with @gmleunghku https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-34047/v1 (2/10) As of 7 May, there were 1,045 COVID-19

Jon Deeks

deeksj

AGREE - very important that we clearly distinguish between different types of studies. I discussed this at House of Lords select COVID-19 investigation (below - Q52 9th June) and

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Today we learned ~1/3 Big Ten athletes who were #COVID19 + had abnormal heart MRIs, consistent w/ myocarditis, even those without symptoms. If anyone still is questioning whether this virus

Kelly Brown

rubiconcapital_

1/ Ontario COVID19 Testing and You (i.e. The Taxpayer)Conservatively estimated total cost-to-date to Ontarians for PCR testing (incl. asymptomatics)?Over $350,000,000At 61,809 tests today, @ ~$52.50/test, that cost you ~$3.25m, or

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Kids and covid1. On the rise as proportion of total infections@sdutgraphics @theheroofthyme 2. Front page @sdut today, the San Diego experience to dateby @PaulSisson @radychildrens ~30,000 kids tests, 3.4% positive

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