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Exit. the test to stay approximately see has been announced to public schools which youve played a role in, similar lines. here there is no testing requirement and i have a positive test on day six youre telling me i can go into the office? >> yeah. so the question is i guess i think the question behind that, chris, is why did not the cdc say after five days you have to get a test? and the answer that the cdc gives is that if you look at the predictive capability of a test to say whether or not ...

Study shows PromarkerD is significantly better than current standard of care tests eGFR and ACR for predicting future decline in kidney function in patients...

Study shows PromarkerD is significantly better than current standard of care tests eGFR and ACR for predicting future decline in...

Single N primer sufficient for SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnosis There is a huge and growing demand for better and more cost-effective molecular diagnostic tests for COVID-19, as the pandemic shows few signs of coming under control in the near future. The most commonly used test is the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR), which uses one or multiple gene targets. A new study published in the preprint medRxiv* server in December 2020 discusses the utility of using different pri...

Predictor for the possibility of a mass shooting. i want to bring in jonathan metzel, psychiatry professor at vanderbilt university, doctor, thank you so much for joining us. we heard the president talk a little bit about this after almost shooting that weve had in the past year. what is your reaction when you hear that from lawmakers and also just advocates on the issue? >> well, people in my professional of psychiatry want to help address this problem as much as possible but one thing you are ...

Important to think about. often we learn that information in retrospect. the reason i say we should be wary and i agree with danny exactly about this balance is for a couple of reasons. one is that as we see in this case and in this file, there are many factors that went into this shooting, but none of them would have been predictive. in other words, there are many people who have depression, adhd, cutting, break-ups, g getting kecked out of school. of the many thousands who have those symptom, ...

Out polls can be all over the place there as david just mentioned. the national poll the other day had trump leading cruz by four points so who really knows what is going on in the cnn orc poll when asked who can handle the economy, immigration, isis, trump is by far their number one choice despite reality checks on his propels that dont necessarily always play in his favor. how do you explain most republicans think he can do the best job? >> look, im going to be a little bit of the grinch on th...

Proposals that dont necessarily always play in his favor. how do you explain most republicans think he can do the best job? >> look, im going to be a little bit of the grinch on these polls in terms of donald trump. im really -- i think at this point in the cycle, national polls are just not that important. they tell you about who is in the news and who has high name i.d. but they dont have a lot of predictive value. i personally would look at the polling averages in iowa and new hampshire and t...

Rubio, cruz, and christie who just watched those guys over the month and see if they pop. the second thing is as dana pointed out, this is a sequential process. we dont have a national primary we dont all vote on the same day. its one race after another and what happens in iowa is going to have a huge influence on what happened in new hampshire and thats going to have a huge influence on what happens in south carolina. and then finally, you know, to continue being the grinch here, the head-to-he...

General election polls, those dont really have a lot of predictive value until a little later in the cycle and then the final thing is, the remember the caucuses are february 1st. in previous cycles, i was in iowa on new years eve. we have an extra month compared to previous cycles. long way to go. i would not be preparing my victory speech in cleveland if i were donald trump just yet. >> the increasingly heated personal battle -- >> back -- >> hold on, david -- >> there are a couple people -- >...