Can you share the thread?
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She did not call people dumbasses, that's on me.
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Replying to @geeoharee @Pinboard
Still, I'd like to see how it was phrased. (FWIW I think it's terrible messaging designed to backfire).
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Been railing against this for a while guess should write longer finally.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1234113514354225152 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepCan't imagine a worse way to handle the mask situation to simultaneously tell people they don't need masks *and* that health-care workers very much need masks so people shouldn't buy them. People aren't idiots. It's the age of mistrust already. Truth and transparency work better.Show this thread2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes -
I agree there's a kind of contradiction there, would like to see your take. I know nothing about viruses but a bit about communications.
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Also telling people they will do it wrong is even worse then telling them the masks only magically protect health care workers. Yeah, will get to writing.
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The masks also help in unrelated ways (barrier to face touching, reminder to be in "virus awareness mode" if you don't normally wear one, social signal). The guidance seems too narrowly focused on the filtering ability of the mask, not its other uses
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can literally tie a t-shirt over your mouth and achieve the same effect
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It sends a very different social signal (shoot me because I am about to rob your store)
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I don't think I understand what you mean by the social signal of the mask. It indicates what? (not saying you're wrong)
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That you're trying not to get other people sick. You're in "heightened alert mode" or whatever. It helps remind everyone not to shake hands, cough on each other, that kind of thing. It also gives people something specific to *do* besides worry, to help protect one another
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