Alexis C. Madrigal
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The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South
Dad - The Atlantic 4d 34 tweets
More young people in the South seem to be dying from COVID-19. Why?
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Alexis C. Madrigal The early data from the south is a warning about how the pandemic might play out differently there. 4d
Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are?
The Atlantic 4d 14 tweets
The coronavirus is infecting and killing Americans of all races. But there’s little public data on whether the virus is having a disproportionate impact on some communities.
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Alexis C. Madrigal There are a lot of signs we need to work on getting this data as soon as possible. To my knowledge, only 2 states (IL, AR) report any racial breakdowns. 4d
California coronavirus map: 9,828 cases, 211 deaths, by county
The Mercury News 4d 1 tweets
The map below shows the total number of coronavirus cases in California, including where deaths have occurred.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Local journalists are the ones pushing local and state governments for transparency, clarifying the moment, and finding the truth-telling sources. Just one example I've seen up close among many: people like have become indispensable. 4d
10 days for test results, 160,000 backlogged tests: The struggle to keep pace with the pandemic in the US
CNN 4d 3 tweets
As the US health care system has scrambled to track the spread of coronavirus, one of the nation's largest commercial labs has faced a backlog of tests that ballooned in the last two weeks, and has delayed results in some cases up to 10 days.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Very strong story from CNN confirming the nationwide problems with Quest we noted yesterday. 4d
Private Labs Are Fueling a New Coronavirus Testing Crisis
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 5d 34 tweets
Backlogs at private laboratories have ballooned, making it difficult to treat suffering patients and contain the pandemic.
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Alexis C. Madrigal California has been the biggest question mark in the coronavirus outbreak. The state has the lowest per-capita testing rates in the country and a huge number of pending tests. After a lot of digging, we know (at least part of) what's going on now. 5d
The Gig Economy Has Never Been Tested by a Pandemic
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 38d 5 tweets
Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?
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Alexis C. Madrigal On Feb 28, we asked gig-work companies for their pandemic plans. Only two got back to us. This is all they said. 5d
The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19
Abby Goodnough, Katie Thomas, Michael D. Shear, Sheila Kaplan - Nytimes.com 8d 117 tweets
Aggressive screening might have helped contain the coronavirus in the United States. But technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and lapses in leadership let it spread undetected for weeks.
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Alexis C. Madrigal This tick-tick on the CDC, FDA, and HHS is right on. We’ve been calling February the lost month for a couple weeks. That was the crucial moment. 8d
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Vietnam - Wikipedia
En.wikipedia.org 13d 1 tweets
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Alexis C. Madrigal Or take Vietnam, which has less than 200 cases, and took extremely aggressive action when they had like 15 confirmed cases. 13d
Japan Shocks Parents by Moving to Close All Schools Over Coronavirus
Motoko Rich - Nytimes.com 38d 6 tweets
The country, unlike others, has not experienced a sharp increase in reported cases, but it is under pressure to act decisively to preserve the Tokyo Olympics.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Japan shut down all schools for a month when they had 210 cases! The US had that many known cases March 6. Now we've got ~42k known cases and many, many more unknown. 13d
An American Catastrophe
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 16d 53 tweets
The scale of death and economic damage that the coronavirus is bringing to the U.S. could have been avoided—if only we had started testing for the virus sooner.
Why Can't I Get Tested? - Social Distance
Spotify 16d 1 tweets
Jim and Katherine talk with Alexis Madrigal about coronavirus testing and why the U.S. is so far behind much of the rest of the world. Recorded 2pm, March 20, 2020.
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Alexis C. Madrigal If you've been following , I talked about it a little with and for the new podcast 16d
Why the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing
Olga Khazan - The Atlantic 24d 16 tweets
Bureaucracy, equipment shortages, an unwillingness to share, and failed leadership doomed the American response to COVID-19.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Our colleague with a clear, concise explanation of why the US did not test earlier and test more often, especially during February 23d
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
James Hamblin - The Atlantic 41d 97 tweets
As the virus spreads, it’s becoming evident that infected people may have mild symptoms, or none at all.
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Alexis C. Madrigal I’m also going to contact UCSF to try to get a transcript, video, or a statement from those on the panel. In the meantime, this is not gospel! But the big numbers are not coming from nowhere. See here 24d
Notes from UCSF Expert panel - March 10
Linkedin.com 24d 33 tweets
University of California, San Francisco BioHub Panel on COVID-19 March 10, 2020 Panelists Joe DeRisi: UCSF’s top infectious disease researcher. Co-president of ChanZuckerberg BioHub (a JV involving UCSF / Berkeley / Stanford).
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Alexis C. Madrigal These notes from a UCSF panel are the single best document I’ve seen about what experts believe is likely to happen this year. I don’t want to tweet snippets because you should read it in full. 24d
How to Understand Your State’s Coronavirus Numbers
Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic 24d 1 tweets
As the outbreak spreads, state websites are still some of the best sources of information on how many people have been tested.
The Dangerous Delays in U.S. Coronavirus Testing Continue
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 27d 25 tweets
“I have no clue if we could have already or could be now spreading this to others,” one patient told us.
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Alexis C. Madrigal The Times story adds a lot to the investigation we've done into the testing problems in the US . Original: Follow up: Project that grew out of it (in collab w/): 26d
‘It’s Just Everywhere Already’: How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response
Nytimes.com 26d 142 tweets
A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.
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Alexis C. Madrigal I have to say: the scientists in Seattle who went rogue to bring this outbreak to light are heroes. Thank you. 26d
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 27d 13 tweets
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.
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Alexis C. Madrigal We are glad to see the CDC did this: Doesn't capture everything does, but is still helpful. Keep in mind: Specimens tested is not equal to people tested. The rule of thumb ratio we have heard is 2 specimens: 1 person. 27d
Coronavirus numbers by state
Google Docs 30d 2 tweets
Data Date,State,Positive,Negative,Pending,Total 20200304,AZ,2,27,5,34 20200304,CA,53,462,515 20200304,FL,2,24,16,42 20200304,GA,2,2 20200304,IL,4,124,27,155 20200304,MA,2,2 20200304,NC,1,1 20200304,NH,2,10,7,19 20200304,NY,6,48,24,78 20200304,OR,3,2...
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Alexis C. Madrigal As it turns out, my old friend has been building a publicly available spreadsheet of state testing. He updated it earlier today, and is up to almost 2300 tests. 30d
Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic 30d 86 tweets
“I don’t know what went wrong,” a former CDC chief told The Atlantic.
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Alexis C. Madrigal Testing is a crucial component of understanding the coronavirus epidemic. The CDC has declined to make comprehensive testing numbers available, so and I compiled data from the states on their testing 30d
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Alexis C. Madrigal The Times story adds a lot to the investigation we've done into the testing problems in the US . Original: Follow up: Project that grew out of it (in collab w/): 26d