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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Feb 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted NPR

      As the news of first US death comes in, keep in mind that we already know there is community transmission in the United States. The key goal for everyone remains the same: practice hand/face hygiene and community isolation to lessen the load on hospitals.https://twitter.com/npr/status/1233813638496083968 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      JUST IN: Health officials with Seattle and King County, Washington, say a patient infected with coronavirus has died.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Feb 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      If you can work from home with no adverse effects for you, sure, yes, now. If you can’t, then don’t worry about it and wait if/until employer allows. It’s not about decreasing personal risk (most cases are mild) but decreasing cumulative load on hospitals. https://twitter.com/sarahclaire20/status/1233648613575626752 …

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Mar 2020

      Can'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.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Mar 2020

      Surgical masks aren't proper respiratory protective devices but they do lessen spread by infected people (some with few symptoms may not know they are) and yes may even protect the wearer some. (Eg: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195670113000698 …). But we didn't prepare and yes hospitals need them more.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Mar 2020

      N95 masks of course, protect the wearer (See stark results from Wuhan: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20021881v1.full.pdf …) and would've been appropriate to have a few at home to take care of milder illnesses to lessen load on hospitals but we didn't prepare and YES YES hospitals desperately need them more.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nancy

      Yep, as soon as we start testing US numbers are going to spike. It's pretty clear that there has long been widespread community transmission in the United States. Again, the risk we face is that hospitals will get slammed and we will run out of ICU beds.https://twitter.com/focused4USA/status/1234132657421766658 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      Not ONE word about TESTING!!!!! S Korea tested 10,000 yesterday. We've tested <500 - to date.
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Mar 2020

      Reminder that US cases will spike soon because we are finally starting to test not because of anything new. We are finally measuring what's been happening: community-transmission. The advice is the same: hand hygiene, don't touch your face, limit going out and mass gatherings.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Mar 2020
      Replying to @hopepunksdotnet

      It may not be practical but that's what needs to happen. That's the task. We can't tell the many people who will not be okay and the hospitals that will be slammed and run out of ICU units: "Rest of us are okay, byeee!" Whoever can, should, plus authorities should plan.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Mar 2020
      Replying to @hopepunksdotnet

      Looking out for the vulnerable means preparing and acting not chilling. But thanks for letting me know about the ad! I've seen it elsewhere, too, didn't know it was on mine!

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Mar 2020
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          This is one of the stupidest things I’ve heard recently on a site with many many stupid things but OK, you do you.

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