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Writer at @TheAtlantic. Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS. Author of book HIT MAKERS. Talker on NPR's @hereandnow and @CBSNews. derek[at]theatlantic[dot]com

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    Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Feb 22

    Twitter is not a perfect representation of reality, etc, etc, but this shot-and-chaser screenshot is *exactly* the sort of thing I'm worried about with the constant, ridiculous downplaying of the vaccinespic.twitter.com/JBsyKjkARv

    5:35 AM - 22 Feb 2021
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      2. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Feb 22

        For a lot of people nervous about putting newfangled chemical compounds in their body, they're hearing this: "If you don't take this weirdo drug, you're stuck inside in a double-mask. And if you DO take this weirdo drug, you're ... also stuck inside with a double-mask."

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      3. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Feb 22

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        1. Get vaccinated. 2. Because vaccinated groups can get back to doing just about everything they love most about life, almost immediately! 3. ... unless that thing is shopping maskless at your local Trader Joe's, in March. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1363846317672460289?s=20 …

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      2. Ratfink Maloney‏ @ratfink_maloney Feb 22
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        You can nutpick Twitter randos to make literally any point you want to

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      2.  💉ed Cyneheard‏ @cyneheardegypt Feb 22
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        Because basic human psychology: “I am invincible so COVID wont hurt me” + “I can see myself being inconvenienced so the restrictions do hurt me”

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      1. Tom Atkins‏ @ATomEAtkins Feb 22
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        Im going to go out on a limb and say that the person on the left probably wasnt going to get the vaccine unless forced anyway.

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      2. Steve Faktor‏ @ideafaktory Feb 22
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        Steve Faktor Retweeted Scott Lincicome

        I have a theory about all this disaster porn & people craving indefinite restrictions: Many are unhappy with their lives & the pandemic finally offered them a 'valid' external excuse for their failures. A return to normalcy puts the onus back on them.https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/1363485667083366404?s=20 …

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        A new, real-world Israeli study shows the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is almost 90% effective at stopping COVID-19 transmission (not just symptoms) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-21/pfizer-biontech-shot-stops-covid-s-spread-israeli-study-shows … pic.twitter.com/gLxYsjpjis
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      3. Laura Miers‏ @LauraMiers Feb 22
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        Ok but let’s ask ourselves WHY people are unhappy with their lives...The US deaths of despair epidemic preceded the pandemic. People were ODing & committing suicide in droves before COVID.

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      2. YimbyAlexandria‏ @YimbyA Feb 22
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        I mean she's retweeting something from Epoch Times about what a great guy Rush Limbaugh was so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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      3. Deplatform everyone left of Bernie/right of Romney‏ @Rabadash2 Feb 22
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        Still need to convince her to vaccinate if you want to go outside ever

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