Indeed. This is false. After the shortage, we will need to expand to everyone. How will we convince them? Lol, a week ago you couldn't possibly wear a mask correctly, soooo complicated, and didn't need them but now you can and must wear them. Won't work.https://twitter.com/jbc_3/status/1242103434163126276 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The PS1 startup sound as a Lesbian
This is terrible. Top-down misinformation has made life difficult for mask-wearers. I think the only way forward is honesty plus real apologies from people who misinformed us. It's a real pickle, but very difficult otherwise to get to where we need to be.https://twitter.com/zenalbatross/status/1242108804357070848 …
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Some evidence from Hong Kong that paper towel outer layer and 3-ply soft tissue inner layer may be an acceptable *and* disposable replacement for surgical masks—perhaps with a plastic folder face shield. Can people with access to labs pleeease test this?
https://www.consumer.org.hk/ws_en/news/2020/covid-19-diymasks …pic.twitter.com/RFKVsPUqMJ
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Los Angeles Times
The article is from February 5, but at this point, tweeting it out like this goes in the same folder as the WMD lies about Iraq. I don't know how else to put it. We have solid evidence of asymptomatic spread, thus obvious need for universal mask wearing. https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1242123442712907781 …?
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Max Fisher
“Television broadcasts, subway station announcements and smartphone alerts provide endless reminders to wear face masks”. The piece doesn’t mention it but the Korean government distributes masks to make sure everyone has them. Masks aren’t an afterthought. Https://twitter.com/max_fisher/status/1242151818014216193 …https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1242151818014216193 …
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Max FisherVerified account @Max_FisherSouth Korea and Italy had near-concurrent outbreaks that initially followed a parallel, terrifying trajectory. Mere weeks later, as Italy reports 793 deaths in one day, Korea has two. Some days it has *zero*. Me and Choe Sang-Hun report how they did it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-flatten-curve.html …Show this thread3 replies 104 retweets 270 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Abraar Karan
From an article that compiled interviews with top experts on what works to slow the spread of this coronavirus. Universal mask wearing!https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1242259652001366016 …
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Abraar KaranVerified account @AbraarKaran8/ Masks were a whole different ball game as well. Everyone wore masks. Part of this was to prevent transmission. But part of it was also to reduce stigma against the sick. If only the sick wear masks, they may be hesitant. But if everyone does, then no one is missed.Show this thread2 replies 64 retweets 187 likesShow this thread -
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brian M. Rosenthal
Hong Kong is the densest city in the world. It has a tiny fraction of New York’s cases. Almost everyone wears masks though and they take the distancing seriously.https://twitter.com/brianmrosenthal/status/1242233477120110592 …
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Brian M. RosenthalVerified account @brianmrosenthalNEW: New York City is now the epicenter of the#coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., with 12,000 cases -- nearly 25x as many as Los Angeles. Why? We found one glaring reason: Density https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-crowds-density.html …#CoronavirusNewYorkShow this thread19 replies 194 retweets 555 likesShow this thread -
Future generations will be driven batty by the amount of concern over contamination from cardboard boxes—a tail risk: porous surface, exponential decay—compared with protecting the pathways to OUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM WITH MASKS FOR A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS WITH ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD.
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Are these the paper towel and tissue ones? I think it is the most promising design I’ve seen.
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