Anita

World traveler, tribal textile collector, design junkie, retired computer exec, analyst, experimental psychologist, COVID volunteer, [email protected]

[Anita @Ikat0]

RAT & molecular test stats = compared to “gold standard” PCR - which perform much worse than we think

PCR sensitivity ~80%: "best-case" - real-world likely different
Sensitivity & specificity like "miles per gallon" sticker 🙄

@michaelmina_lab: Thoughts?
https://t.co/W7a3viY6Js

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@NukitToBeSure If I’m able to get these, hopefully I’ll find a way to give my current torches to someone who needs them and can’t afford them. I’m not sure how, but that just makes so much sense for those of us who are upgrading from devices that are still usable.

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@LadyChuan The problem with multiplex tests: different viruses have different incubation periods & reach peak loads at different times, a problem with RATs but not Metrix

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@ghhughes While Democrats use mail-in voting at a higher rate nationally (largely driven by urban & suburban users), rural voters who will lose their "postmark cushion" due to distance from processing centers are overwhelmingly Republicans & older Independents.

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@LadyChuan I just asked someone I know well there who got a big promotion to consider teaching students and staff about masking, pollution as a factor in many medical conditions so HEPA is key & aerosolized viruses. Don’t know that it will go anywhere, but gave it a shot.

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@bryan_kirschner @winthrop317 They should be pointed down 45 degrees, I believe. She has an article linked to a recent post.

She also says that positioning of HEPA is irrelevant. There was a paper from one of the reliable IAQ sites that said as long as you have ~7” in front, you’re fine.

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@NukitToBeSure Found it! Thanks!

And if/when I get these, I hope to find folks I can give my Torches to. Lots of people who really need them can’t afford them. Lighter ones will be So much better for someone my age.

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@NukitToBeSure I have 6 Lanterns installed at home & 2 sets of Torches for appointments ❤️❤️❤️ But don’t see a place to sign up on that page for Torch 2 notifications :-(

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@one3dsoul @wonderartsy @sdho https://t.co/dNMTlULaYH

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@tortythegreat99 @wonderartsy That’s the part everyone misses about AI errors - how many humans make. I saw a top ortho who didn’t have my initial complaint recorded, so, at 2nd appt, he said no surgery yet & get a 2nd opinion. I did, but now have to wait 4 months for it.

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@KennethKit45151 @mattyglesias Used to be that if you bought again w/in 2 years, no capital gains. Reinstating it might go along way - capital gains can be brutal, especially if single. $250K exclusion is meaningless.

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@mkarolian Umm… UK, Spanish & Asian flu data, plus 7 mutations, seems to support them, even if it hasn’t hit here yet.

Or do you believe in waiting until the last minute to ring alarms?

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@BierVicki @Kenneth33071904 It’s an antiviral, so it might help

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@Okla_OAG They’ll write it off as cost of doing business so we taxpayers subsidize this. Fines need to be VASTLY larger

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@Bricktop_NAFO Copied from one of the most famous West Wing episodes, also against a woman quoting scripture on homosexuality. Virtually identical citations.

Not that I mind…

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@drseanmullen I mask but azelastine has solid antiviral data - plan to use it if I get a respiratory infection or am exposed - NOT as preventative.

Helpful if someone has TH1/TH2 immune imbalance due to allergies bc approved as antihistamine in 1980s

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@ProCuris01 @DavidJoffe64 Ordered Vagustim V2- targets different part of vagus nerve. Will use both - neuro on board

Just bought TruVaga for friend w/post CVD dyspenea w/no exam findings & dramatically worse anxiety- will see if it helps

NOT medical but trained researcher.

Think it’s helping.

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@ProCuris01 @DavidJoffe64 Have v mild post viral (NOT CVD) POTS. In addition to med from neurophysiologist, use TruVagaPlus - same company as prescription/subscription $$$ GammaCore. This, + vagal breathing exercises, helping - improved sleep quality, lightheadness

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@zhouliang_mask Nothing with metal: MRI safe matters!

I’ve broken only 2 masks, so #4 isn’t a problem. Wear them daily.

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@ghhughes @lucasgonzalez Shipping shown is as much the as the kit - and since the one up now is Canadian, perhaps tariffs…