What is a danger of relaxing social distancing measures prematurely?
Infection and Spread Staying Safe
Amanda Simanek, PhD MPH
A: A resurgence of cases leading to a second and more severe peak can occur. Medical Historian and Pandemic Expert, Howard Markel, MD, PhD explains, “Easing up on “social distancing” steps too soon, and too quickly, could give the novel coronavirus a chance to race back into broad circulation, he explains. Serious cases, and deaths, Read more…
Meet COVID CRUSH
Infection and Spread Uncategorized
Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD
COVID CRUSH is a toy model of disease transmission created by our very own nerdy girl, Malia Jones, and her team in the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Things you can do with this model: 1 – SEE the effects of different levels of social distancing 2 – Home School Read more…
I’ve been hearing a lot about false negative COVID test results. Can you explain?
Data and Metrics Testing and Contact Tracing
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: The false negative rate is the % of infected individuals who incorrectly test negative for COVID. For example, a hot-off-the-press NPR article reports a 15% false negative rate for Abbott’s new rapid COVID test. A 15% false negative rate indicates that out of 100 infected individuals, 15 would incorrectly test negative. How do we Read more…
A: A resurgence of cases leading to a second and more severe peak can occur. Medical Historian and Pandemic Expert, Howard Markel, MD, PhD explains, “Easing up on “social distancing” steps too soon, and too quickly, could give the novel coronavirus a chance to race back into broad circulation, he explains. Serious cases, and deaths, Read more…
Meet COVID CRUSH
Infection and Spread UncategorizedAshley Ritter, APRN, PhD
COVID CRUSH is a toy model of disease transmission created by our very own nerdy girl, Malia Jones, and her team in the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Things you can do with this model: 1 – SEE the effects of different levels of social distancing 2 – Home School Read more…
I’ve been hearing a lot about false negative COVID test results. Can you explain?
Data and Metrics Testing and Contact Tracing
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: The false negative rate is the % of infected individuals who incorrectly test negative for COVID. For example, a hot-off-the-press NPR article reports a 15% false negative rate for Abbott’s new rapid COVID test. A 15% false negative rate indicates that out of 100 infected individuals, 15 would incorrectly test negative. How do we Read more…
COVID CRUSH is a toy model of disease transmission created by our very own nerdy girl, Malia Jones, and her team in the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Things you can do with this model: 1 – SEE the effects of different levels of social distancing 2 – Home School Read more…
I’ve been hearing a lot about false negative COVID test results. Can you explain?
Data and Metrics Testing and Contact TracingLindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: The false negative rate is the % of infected individuals who incorrectly test negative for COVID. For example, a hot-off-the-press NPR article reports a 15% false negative rate for Abbott’s new rapid COVID test. A 15% false negative rate indicates that out of 100 infected individuals, 15 would incorrectly test negative. How do we Read more…
A: The false negative rate is the % of infected individuals who incorrectly test negative for COVID. For example, a hot-off-the-press NPR article reports a 15% false negative rate for Abbott’s new rapid COVID test. A 15% false negative rate indicates that out of 100 infected individuals, 15 would incorrectly test negative. How do we Read more…
