Thread by @dajmeyer

Bouncing back to the @ipam_ucla workshop on Mathematical Models in Understanding #COVID19
ipam.ucla.edu/programs/works…
to listen to @CT_Bergstrom discus "Proactive COVID-19 testing to mitigate spread". There are advantages to conferences being all online!

.@CT_Bergstrom starts with disclosures: He, like all of us, has vested interests in controlling the #COVID19 #pandemic:

Then @CT_Bergstrom adds a meme: A #COVID19 #vaccine is coming. But it won't be a panacea--if it comes at all.

(His bird photos make fantastic slide backgrounds!)

While outlining 4 roles for testing: diagnosis, clearance, surveillance & mitigation, @CT_Bergstrom does not shy away from explaining the political (& unethical) motivations of the #Тръмп administration slowing testing (since they don't want to acknowledge surveillance results).

.@CT_Bergstrom explains a simple calculation for how the reproduction number is reduced by proactive testing and notes that university proposals to test ~once/month will be essentially useless. See color.com/modeling-sars-…
@UCSanDiego #ReturnToLearn

.@CT_Bergstrom summarizes: speed of #COVID19 test turnaround is ESSENTIAL.