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Dr. Mike Mendoza
@DrMikeMendoza
Dad, family doc, public health leader, scholar. Recovering county health commissioner. Dedicated to improving population health. Views my own.
Nov 16, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Lots of questions regarding the accuracy of the Abbott BinaxNOW test platform among asymptomatic individuals. I recently learned of a study of the European version of this test that was recently published and cited some helpful data.

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 medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Among asymptomatic people, the sensitivity is 79.5% and the sensitivity is 98.7%. To make sense of these figures, one needs to consider the prevalence of the condition in the target community.

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Jul 28, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
So let's take a closer look at the Monroe County residents in their 20s, testing positive for COVID-19. This is looks back to the beginning, by week, by gender.

THREAD 1/8 And this is all 20 year olds, by race/ethnicity.

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Jun 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Another day with 30+ new cases. As in prior days, these cases did not all occur on the prior day, or on any single day. Instead they are distributed across a range of dates.

THREAD 1/9 This is because the time it takes to process the PCR test varies based on different labs, how quickly the results are needed, availability of lab resources and equipment, and other factors. The average processing time is increasing.

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May 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The total number of hospitalized rose again today. The observations I offered yesterday appear to hold true for now, but before I get into that, a disclaimer: the last 2 days of data may be incomplete due to the lag in reporting that we see on weekends.

1/6 (thread) Here are all of the admissions for the last 2 weeks, by date of admission, showing the type of residence occupied by the patients. Here you will notice that many recently admitted patients reside in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

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May 16, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
I spent some time trying to understand the increase in hospitalizations that we saw this week.

It appears that the recent increase is attributable at least in part to an increase in the proportion of hospitalized patients who are nursing home residents.

1/8. SEE THREAD. Of the currently admitted COVID-positive patients, 39.5% reside in nursing homes, as compared to 32.5% who live in private residences. Previously, among those who have already been discharged, 13.4% were admitted from nursing homes, compared to 77.7% from private residences.

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Mar 1, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) are actions, apart from vaccines and taking medicine, that people and communities can take to help slow the spread of illnesses. Practicing NPIs now will ⬇️ the spread of flu and will prepare us for #COVID #Preparedness #NPIs

Thread: (1/8) Perhaps the most important NPIs are the ones we can practice in our own homes. (2/8)

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