Kay Dickersin
530 posts
So are there equivalents to ‘diddly squat’ in other European languages? (So we can add it after the CE mark?)
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Maybe I ought to be slightly more careful in the words when talking to journalists!
(I was talking about the value of a CE-IVD mark in judging whether a test is any good).
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KY usually has 3,700 polling locations. Tuesday, there will be 200—with only ONE in the largest county where most of the Black population of KY lives.
This is voter suppression—it’s insidious.
Voting should be safe & easy. Let’s make that a reality. washingtonpost.com/politics/kentu…
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Bizarre Things You Weren't 'Allowed' As A Youngster?
I'll set a high bar with Parma Violets.
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Shortly more people in Arizona will hospitalized with COVID than in New York.
New York 1538
Arizona 1506
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It is likely we’ll eventually have a coronavirus vaccine — but perhaps not as quickly as some expect. From development, to clinical trials and distribution, ProPublica reporter @CarolineYLChen explains the tremendous challenges that lie ahead. propublica.org/article/how-an…
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@deeksj Good luck Jon! You are the perfect person to do this!
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Never in my life did I think I would be presenting evidence to the Lords - but will be trying to do my best tomorrow to give appropriate profile to the many concerns about the evaluation of COVID-19 tests and their use. Wish me luck.
Lords Science & Technology Committee@LordsSTCom
Tomorrow in our #ScienceofCOVID19 inquiry we will be talking first to experts about the role of behavioural science in managing the pandemic, before moving on to questions about the science and role of testing. Read more about the session here: ow.ly/kU3K50A1v6A
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Today, we officially welcome Ruth Levine as our new CEO. We are lucky to have Ruth, her experience, and her leadership, and cannot wait to roll up our sleeves and get to work with her.
We are thrilled to introduce Ruth to you.
bit.ly/303lgvD
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Too true. Read the whole thread...
Jon Deeks FMedSci@deeksj
Thank you for the tremendous feedback - I'll convert this list to something permanent. Two tragic things: (1) I have examples of every single one of these from the past weeks and (2) people are dying because of them. Here's a picture of the dog I was walking to cheer us up.
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#21 Never compute predictive values (even though we neeed them to show the true value of positive and negative test results for patients and decision makers, they won't be as impressive).
22/22
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21 WAYS TO SPIN RESULTS FROM A COVID DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY (morning thoughts whilst walking the dog - please add others I've missed). I'm putting this out to help us critique the "number theatre" being thrown at us.
#diagnostics #COVID19 @deb_cohen @MHRAgovuk @drhelmac
1/22
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This trenchant 2017 musical parody about this govt's distortion of science has sadly aged all too well. Brilliantly done and yet more poignant in the age of COVID. @DrLauraEsserman youtube.com/watch?v=IZDYhQ…
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Reading lots of COVID-19 test papers at the moment - first one to include a ROC plot. Looks like the test is pretty good, until you realise how many cases its based on ....
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Some sports are slower. More about the strategy.
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Hear hear! Let’s not put the methods section in a smaller font, period! The body language of the article would say that methods just aren’t so important!
Maarten van Smeden@MaartenvSmeden
Now that we are collectively forced to reflect on life, our daily routines and the universe, there can only be one conclusion about methods sections in smaller font at the end of articles. Let’s not do that again, okay?
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Absolutely incredible writing by @DhruvKhullar “Now, when I’m in the hospital, the focus is so singular, the mission so clear, that nothing else seems important." newyorker.com/science/medica… via @NewYorker
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I am ringing the alarm.
We have now found >400 papers that all share a very similar title layout, graph layout, and (most importantly) the same Western blot layout.
This is a massive #PaperMill of (what we assume) fabricated data.
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