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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
About 12% of the roughly 5,500 people tested through May 6 turned out positive, Contreras said. He attributed it to the city's large population of health care workers, first responders, people who work in congregate workplaceshttps://t.co/Ej318WlnQZ
https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw "On the 1st day,the patient didn't qualify & now it's Wednesday and the disease is worse and they have a fever. They come back & they test +. The patient has lost two days of potential treatment, and we've had two more days of spreading the disease,"
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https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw He's also used volunteers, nonprofit organizations, city staff and personnel from the fire department,new nurses may be utilized to do swabbing to help sustain the program "One site is a drop in the bucket," however, he said. Alameda County could use seven
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw no cost2the public&no1was turned away,based on immigration status.50%-55%of those who came4testing came fromAlameda,Contra Costa&Stanislaus counties;40%Santa Clara County.Among them were firefighters, police&health care workers weren't able 2 access tests
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"We're open to anyone who has symptoms,"he said.
The most people they tested in one day was 181,& they were initially open daily. Currently, they operate Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am- 2pm on an appointment basis as well as through a mobile service.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
The program is expandable, but that's predicated on receiving funding from federal & state governments&whatever the county public health department provides, he said. He'd like to be involved in a regional program, but will depend largely on funding.
https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (fever of 100 degrees or higher, cough and shortness of breath, high-risk groups such as seniors or people with heart disease, diabetes, etc.), Contreras said they soon learned that fever was a poor indicator
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw Avellino Labs, the Menlo Park-based laboratory conducting the PCR tests, charged the city$150per test. The cost is now down to$75each as the company has refined its technology,Contreras said.He hopes that with further refinements,the tests will cost$40/$50
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
https://t.co/vWbiM4D5nw Fremont learned from Hayward, sending four of its personnel to volunteer and learn from the Cal State testing site, Chief Curtis Jacobson said., near an industrial area where there isn't much traffic"Location, location, location is very important,"he said
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
Fremont also targeted its testing to these groups and to vulnerable populations. They also did outreach to residential care facilities and focused on workers in those facilities, he said.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 16, 2020
Fremont is now testing grocery store workers and those who work in "big box" stores — groups that will come into contact with many people, he said.
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A large testing program should be mobilized "like mutual aid for wildland fires," he said, where testing groups can be moved to locations where they are most needed and can strategize, he said.
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https://t.co/i5azqSFvHg @UWMedicine found the test, manufactured by Abbott Labs, had a specificity rate 99.9% & sensitivity rate 100%, suggesting little chance of incorrectly diagnosing healthy person as having been infected and virtually no chance of a false negative readout.
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
“found testing 1,020 pt samples, had specificity 99.9%(ability exclude false[+])running the assay on 689 serum samples 125 PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases, found 100% sensitivity(ability to exclude false[-])17 days after symptoms began in this population.â€
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
Abbott's test has received emergency use authorization from the FDA and the company has already shipped more than 10 million of the tests to hospitals and labs.
https://t.co/BMXkc6gpyA Researchers @UWMedicine found Abbott’s test had a specificity rate of 99.9% and a sensitivity rate of 100%, suggesting very few chances of incorrectly diagnosing a healthy person with the infection and no false negatives.
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
https://t.co/BMXkc6gpyA Researchers @UWMedicine found Abbott’s test had a specificity rate of 99.9% and a sensitivity rate of 100%, suggesting very few chances of incorrectly diagnosing a healthy person with the infection and no false negatives.
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
“0 infections detected in the community efforts to social distancing have been working&there is very little,if any, active infection.People should feel good about these results,remain confident in steps they are taking to protect themselves&their community
https://t.co/n0TvPvcw68 Analysis of tests was possible by the UCSF Clinical Laboratory at China Basin-CZ Biohub, a rapidly developed facility supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has enabled UCSF to begin providing test results to public health Depts in all 58 CA counties
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
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The majority of those who tested positive (82 percent) reported having been financially affected by economic fallout of the pandemic and only 10 percent reported being able to work from home. @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
limited testing citywide, project leaders estimate that infection rates are considerably higher in this area, due to long-standing legacy of socioeconomic inequities contribute to the continued spread of the virus.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
Nearly 89 percent of those who tested positive earn less than $50,000 a year and most live in households of 3 to 5 people (59.6 percent) or larger (28.8 percent).
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
residents & workers provide an assortment of essential services, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, the restaurant and grocery industry, janitorial & domestic services.Recognizing risks ,all essential workers are now eligible for free testing.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
A community-led project to provide COVID-19 testing to residents, essential workers, & first responders in the town of Bolinas has determined that all of 1,845 nasal & oral swab tests conducted between April 20-April 24 were negative for active infection.
https://t.co/n0TvPvcw68 annual income$56K,below U.S.average.
— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
15% of Residents living below poverty level,local individuals,businesses&agencies provided support ,including mask&food distribution,rent subsidies,&phone health-checks for highrisk residents to help all stay healthy.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
community testing can be done safely&rapidly,& be used more systematically to supplement other methods of disease surveillance to inform interventions. info is most needed to determine the effects of interventions & decide on the most appropriate actions.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
More than half of those who tested positive (53 percent) reported experiencing no symptoms of COVID-19.
Three quarters were men and an overwhelming number (95 percent) were Hispanic or Latinx. @UCSFHospitals
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
1 in 50 people living and working in the Mission could be actively infected with the virus, and that many are likely to be asymptomatic. @UCSFHospitals
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
Among those who tested positive, 90 percent reported being unable to work from home. In contrast, among those who tested negative, 53 percent reported no impact on their work or financial stability.
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— Volunteer Testing (@VolunteerTesti1) May 17, 2020
Notably, people who lived outside the census tract but who go there for work were much more likely to test positive (6.1 percent) than residents (1.4 percent).
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