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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. Eric Topol‏Verified account @EricTopol 15 May 2020

      How a dead wrong preprint may have added to the death toll https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-research-misinformation.html … @nytopinion by @aleszubajak @stuartathompson w/ @nytgraphics @iarynam and the vast potential for #infodemic harmpic.twitter.com/zWM4Qn2Azm

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    3. LockdownSummer‏ @LockdownSummer 18 May 2020
      Replying to @EricTopol @carlzimmer

      You are citing one study, there have been many many more antibody studies that basically all say the same thing, it’s not as dangerous as originally presumed.

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    4. Rose Dog Wiggles‏ @ThatGayWolf 18 May 2020
      Replying to @LockdownSummer @EricTopol @carlzimmer

      If you read the article, that’s exactly the point - only one study was cited by conservative media. A study that ended up being wrong. Many studies are ALSO finding that the US death rate is between .5-3% depending on your region. I have not seen a consensus saying it’s lower

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    5. Rose Dog Wiggles‏ @ThatGayWolf 18 May 2020
      Replying to @ThatGayWolf @EricTopol @carlzimmer

      Antibody tests have a roughly known rate of false positives. However when you run those tests for something that is uncommon, false positives will actually outnumber true positives even though the rate of false positives is relatively low. That’s one of the mistakes they made

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 18 May 2020
      Replying to @ThatGayWolf @EricTopol @carlzimmer

      Yep. That's one of the first things they teach you about screening tests. If the true prevalence of the condition being screed for is relatively low, even a small false positive rate can lead to the number of false positives greatly outnumber the true positives.

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        2. LockdownSummer‏ @LockdownSummer 18 May 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @ThatGayWolf and

          So you’re saying, don’t bother with antibody studies. We should still take them into account, they do matter. Why do doctors always see the worst in everything?

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        3. Rose Dog Wiggles‏ @ThatGayWolf 18 May 2020
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          We absolutely should bother with them! They matter, and when you look at all of them together - collecting different data and analyzing it differently - we can get a good estimate of the true rate. And right now that is between .5-3% (& could change if we get better treatments!)

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