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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

BTW, Trump has figured this out! By focusing on case counts, the media creates disincentives to do more testing because it makes the numbers look superficially worse. One reason (not the only one) why we're not pushing for testing as much as we should. https://t.co/lDxP8CMueL — PolitiTweet.org

Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT

A la the cruise ship >> “He essentially made the same calculation on Wednesday by saying that more testing only re… https://t.co/2y9…

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New York's serology studies have actually found slightly *lower* rates of COVID-19 among healthcare workers than in the general population. Suggests that PPE and masks help a lot! https://t.co/I6RXC4oIdP — PolitiTweet.org

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I've seen "herd immunity" used in different ways by different folks. I'm trying to communicate the idea that the more people are immune, the slower the disease will spread, other things held equal. I'll avoid "herd immunity" going forward if something different is coming across. — PolitiTweet.org

Julia Heck, PhD @AnEpidemiolgst

This is dangerously inaccurate. There is no such thing as "partial herd immunity" with 20% immune. Herd immunity wi… https://t.co/ljGxnefPO9

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