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Why broad and random #COVID19 testing, not just for those sick, provides critical insights
wsj.com/articles/its-d… by Neeraj Sood @USCPrice @SchaefferCenter
In South Korea, it helped us learn that the young are frequently without symptoms but carriers, a key basis of spread
We're so far behind on testing in the US that its impact will be reduced vs the best model but that doesn't mean we shouldn't proceed
propublica.org/article/how-so… by @SteveEngelberg @propublica

Yet we have our @Surgeon_General @JeromeAdamsMD spreading misinformation that South Korea was able to do this because it is an authoritarian state @foxandfriends (Thx @AlexWardVox @voxdotcom, via @carlzimmer)
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Eric Topol
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The banner headline for tomorrow's @nytimes
3 major front page pieces
1. The chilling story of "Crimson Contagion"--the "underfunded, underprepared, uncoordinated" and "not to be disclosed" state of un-readiness for a simulated viral pandemic
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
@SangerNYT @EricLiptonNYT @esullivannyt @michaelcrowley
2. The global race of #COVID19 treatment
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
@SangerNYT @ddkNYT @suilee @kbennhold
->China is winning
3. At War With No Ammo (#PPE)
nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/…
@AndrewJacobsNYT @mrichtel @ByMikeBaker
->The Clinicians are losing (and so are the patients)
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Eric Topol
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The US #COVID19 death curve has steepened again, along with further divergence from South Korea (March 19th)
Soon to cross Iran, and heading towards Italy.
Via @jburnmurdoch @FT
Will post last 4 day side-by-side next
last 4 days so you can see the evolution
As expected from US test kit availability (less flying blind), there is a steep rise in its cumulative case curve. It'll cross China soon.
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Eric Topol
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By now, everyone is familiar w/ the exponential new case growth curve. I'd like to introduce another if clinicians are not #PPE protected. Not only will we lose their service (Infection, sick, death) but non-#COVID19 patients will be hit; each clinician cares for tens of patients
We can start with getting every #healthcare worker tested now. And again if negative. And again.
And demand the right protective gear for all now.
There is simply no excuse.
Proof point thehill.com/policy/healthc… via @DanjkimMD
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The speech was based on extensive dictation from POTUS & suggestions from Pence, who told colleagues that insurance execs had promised in a private meeting to waive copayments for coronavirus treatments. Those companies dispute that claim.

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(a) a 'thank you' for writing the book (amazon.com/Trumponomics-I…) and the op-ed (wsj.com/articles/the-f…)
(b) an elaborate ploy to get me to waste my next 12 hours on Moore clips
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