Gary Samuels

Communications lead at @QuestDx. Dad. Husband. Runner. Jazz nut. Former journalist. All views my own.

[WKCR-FM NY @WKCRFM]

Join WKCR in the celebration of the life and music of Ahmad Jamal, legendary jazz pianist and bandleader. Tune in for a whole 24 hours of music, starting at midnight on Monday, April 17th and ending at midnight on Tuesday, April 18th.

[WKCR-FM NY @WKCRFM]

Join us in celebrating the life of the late Jazz Organist Joey DeFrancesco.
Tune into our memorial broadcast ending at 9PM tonight.

[WKCR-FM NY @WKCRFM]

Keep the dial tuned! Once we’re all done with Mingus, there’s 24 hours of Ella Fitzgerald on Monday!

[WKCR-FM NY @WKCRFM]

Tomorrow, 1/25, we have our Antônio Carlos Jobim birthday broadcast. All day, midnight to midnight on the air at 89.9 FM NY and HD, online at https://t.co/951btr5cil

[Gary Samuels @garysamuels]

So proud of the @QuestDX communications team for bringing home the bacon with Company of the Year in the prestigious #SABREAwards! Way to go!!

[PRovoke Media @Provoke_News]

#SABREAwards North America Winner: COMPANY OF THE YEAR: Quest Diagnostics - Protecting Reputation and Keeping Employees Safe During COVID — @QuestDX

[Good Morning America @GMA]

The FDA approved the first at-home COVID test with rapid results as the country prepares for a testing crunch and labs warn of increased turnaround time for results. @WhitJohnson reports. https://t.co/Y7krW4BhUt

[Gary Samuels @garysamuels]

@thegridkid Also unaccepted : exome - almost as common a term as genome. Just saying.

[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

Daily covid19 testing continues to increase nationally while the positivity rate continues to decline. These are hopeful signs that -- at least in many parts of the nation -- the epidemic is slowing. Some models show that the doubling time is now 45 days and the Ro is 1.10

[Lysol US @Lysol]

Reminder: Lysol disinfectant and hygiene products should only be used as directed and in line with usage guidelines

[Maria Bartiromo @MariaBartiromo]

GM! Happy #Thursday join us this am @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness 6-9am et @dagenmcdowell @BrianBrenberg
@SteveForbesCEO
@ByronYork
@djheakin
@DrRichBesser
@NCTO
@QuestDX
@Billbrowder
@Eric_Schmitt
@Theismann7
@elerianm

[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

Quest Diagnostics continues to ramp #COVID19 testing capacity, filling critical public health need as a swing capacity across America. Now doing 45,000 tests/day; returning results in under 1 day for priority patients, 2 days on average for others @QuestDX https://t.co/qC0HssqqVL

[keith Hernandez @keithhernandez]

For all you Shakespeare lovers, I’m sure you read in today’s Sunday NY Post that the actor, Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew is reading sonnets by “The Bard” daily on Twitter. Fantastic! I had the great pleasure of meeting Sir Patrick and he is a big baseball fan. @SNYtv @MLB

[Gary Samuels @garysamuels]

The testing plateau is over

[The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking]

Our daily update is published. We’ve now tracked a total of 1.6+ million tests, up more than 200k from yesterday. The testing plateau is over.

Note that we can only track tests that a state reports. And not all states report all tests.

For details, see: https://t.co/PZrmH4bl5Y

[The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking]

The biggest thing in this update is that California added 75k+ negative test results and only 1300 new positives. This must be a reporting restatement.

It's a HUGE change in the testing metrics for the state, and it is very good news, if the numbers can be believed.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

This suggests that the US is now somewhat above the median in COVID-19 case detection. Our testing is better than much of Europe, and we're picking up a higher share of infections than they are.

https://t.co/bi4hlz6D3M

[David Harris @DavidHarrisNY]

When I wonder how long we’ll be in #COVID lockdown, I think of my:

-Wife, then 16, hiding for weeks in Libya in 1967, as mobs searched for Jews

-Mom, as a teenager, fleeing Nazis in France

-Dad fighting Nazis 1939-1945

They had it worse. I’m always inspired by their strength.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

No other country has been this far into the pandemic and still had the number of cases growing at the rates the U.S. is seeing.
(https://t.co/yEPNzjICd9)

[American Clinical Laboratory Association @ACLAlabs]

Collectively, ACLA members @ARUPLabs, @BioReference, @LABCORP, @mayocliniclabs, @QuestDX & @SonicHUSA have reported out approximately 88,000 #COVID19 tests to date. That includes 25,000 tests completed just yesterday. https://t.co/4icolwv46v

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

⚠️Excellent news- Quest Diagnostics now offering #COVID19 tests on demand for hospitals and clinics in its labs across the country. Quest is accepting 🧪samples now and offering results starting March 9th, while seeking FDA EUA approval in interim. Hooray! https://t.co/UQfviIzYK4

[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

Kudos to Quest and their CEO Steve Rusckowski for stepping in at a moment of national public health need to substantially increase #coronavirus screening capacity for America's physicians and patients. https://t.co/E7majZa1mM