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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2020

      Millions in China are suffering through severe lockdowns and untold number of medical workers are putting their lives on the line and thus gifting us with time to prepare for a pandemic that will greatly stress our infrastructure. Our lackadaisical approach is unconscionable.🤬🤬

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2020

      I don't think people understand the issue. There are no fixed numbers. There is no single R0 (infectiousness), no single CFR (case fatality rate), no single percent infected. It's all a Schrödinger's pandemic: to be settled when COVID-19 hits our infrastructure and our response.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2020

      I'm a third-worlder by birth and childhood, and it is painful to see that more and more people in such wealthy countries may well be about to discover what it means to hit even a hiccup with terrible infrastructure. My goodness, this is stuff we should be ready for anyway.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2020

      "We get the flu every year." You know what will happen if we hit COVID-19 unprepared? More people will die of... the flu. And everything else. On top of COVID-19. We have only so many hospital beds, ventilators, ICUs. To be ready means we are ready to flatten the curve—buy time.

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        2. Brian Orce‏ @jimnobu 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Also, this is the United States so people will rightly have second thoughts about seeking medical attention and potentially being hit with a multi thousand dollar bill

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        3. Brian Orce‏ @jimnobu 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @jimnobu @zeynep

          I mean https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html …

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        2. George Kitson‏ @gakitson 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Serious question: As average citizens in the US, what would you recommend doing to prepare? Supplies? General practices?

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        3. MWR DBM‏ @mwr_dbm 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @gakitson @zeynep

          I am not an expert, but health insurance, reliable car, and food stuffs should be on top of the list. The silver lining of really terrible US public transit system is that people who travel in cars tend not to infect those who travel in other cars. Same with single family homes.

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        2. Beto Borbolla‏ @xcoatl 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          What do you think of this take: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/ …

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        3. Adam T  ⚡ 🐎 🚗 🔋‏ @Wheresatom 25 Feb 2020
          Replying to @xcoatl @zeynep

          I also read that article with some side eye. It seemed like the people quotes should be trustworthy, but I don't know.

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        1. Johnny‏ @Laughoutloud9b 11 Mar 2020
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          I hope I'm wrong but I think the dying from"everything else" is still to come. We shall see, hopefully?

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        2. 29TRILLION‏ @29TRILLION 16 Mar 2020
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          @readwiseio save thread

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          Done! We've saved this whole thread to your Readwise library so that you can revisit/remember it 🧠📚

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