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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sheryl Gay Stolberg

      Finally. Also need more on WHO—especially their China response/lack thereof—and more CDC. Most media still parrot CDC/WHO on everything without enough analysis. Both orgs *still* do much excellent work but are too important to act as if they are perfect.https://twitter.com/SherylNYT/status/1243225834187624450 …

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      Sheryl Gay StolbergVerified account @SherylNYT
      The @CDC was once the crown jewel of the world's public health agencies. @propublica has the scoop, with internal emails, on how it bungled the coronavirus response. https://www.propublica.org/article/internal-emails-show-how-chaos-at-the-cdc-slowed-the-early-response-to-coronavirus …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      We need to model whether distributing ~four surgical masks per person, to be sanitized via 160F oven for 30 min and reused, and worn universally for the next few weeks in hotspots like NYC might be a better way of preserving PPE for hospitals by reducing the pileup at their door.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      People leaving NYC is no solution, as their necessary self quarantine in the next few weeks will inevitably require outings for food etc. Mask wearing must continue wherever people go. We can do this now maybe in the hotspots. Maybe NYC hospitals can lead this. Someone should.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mike Baker

      They got together in March!They all washed their hands. They sat apart. Nobody had symptoms. They didn’t wear masks. It’s a respiratory disease with asymptomatic spread. Our denial here is increasingly at anti-vaxer level.https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1243308477327405056 …

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      Mike BakerVerified account @ByMikeBaker
      60 people showed up for a choir practice earlier this month. 45 got sick. 1 has died. A remarkable window into how contagious coronavirus can be, even when it appears nobody is symptomatic: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/coronavirus-usa-03-26#a-choir-group-had-60-people-show-up-for-practice-now-45-are-sick … pic.twitter.com/pCjZI3dkfe
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Not picking on Matt (Love @thenib!) and the reaction is understandable but yes, the internet rando with the touchscreen is correct and the WHO is wrong. It's as if the WHO is telling us Saddam has WMD. We need to stop fighting the last misinformation war. https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/1243393116347850761 …

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Boris Ruge

      Germany's medical association is on board with universal mask wearing. It is perhaps the easiest tool with most bang for the buck we could deploy right now, today, in the United States. And yet we are drowning in top-down misinformation. #maskeaufhttps://twitter.com/RugeBoris/status/1243445606548455424 …

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      Boris RugeVerified account @RugeBoris
      German medical association @BAEKaktuell calls on people to wear makeshift #masks at all times. Needed NOW: A public info campaign to get this going in #Germany What about @jensspahn doing his next presser with a fancy mask? #masks4all #covid19 https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/111423/BAeK-Praesident-ruft-zum-Tragen-von-Schutzmasken-auf … pic.twitter.com/8TCRXOCH1D
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Siddhartha Mukherjee

      Please look at the chart, folks.https://twitter.com/drsidmukherjee/status/1243565999439347713 …

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      Siddhartha MukherjeeVerified account @DrSidMukherjee
      9/9 And this is some empirical data (thanks to @AndytweetM). Non N-95 masks are still useful. pic.twitter.com/sSH8m6HSlE
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      You know whose going to pay the biggest price for WHO’s incorrect recommendations on masks? Poor, crowded countries like India. It’s perhaps the only effective, low-cost intervention available to them. People within WHO with a conscience have to speak up.https://m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/everyone-need-not-wear-mask-govt-issues-coronavirus-advisory-about-when-and-how-you-should-wear-one/articleshow/74669323.cms …

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      I’m seeing people modeling length of lockdown time needed in the US using Wuhan parameters. What we’re doing isn’t anywhere near Wuhan did. Even the best we’re doing doesn’t resemble Wuhan. There are categories of action that were done in Wuhan that we haven’t even discussed.

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    10. Holden Thorp, Science EIC‏Verified account @hholdenthorp 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      See for example:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/not-wearing-masks-protect-against-coronavirus-big-mistake-top-chinese-scientist-says …

      1 reply 21 retweets 46 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @hholdenthorp

      Absolutely! Great interview by the way. He expectedly dodged a few charged questions but thanks for asking but also providing space for him to focus on where he can speak and help us.

      7:18 AM - 28 Mar 2020
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        2. K.‏ @ex_b612 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @hholdenthorp

          I think I agree with you on this mask thing, but I refrain from actually wearing one because it would look like seizing scarce material that should be in the hands of medical personnel. Where do you stand on that? Do you wear a mask?

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        3. Susan Hofstader‏ @SHofstader 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @ex_b612 @zeynep @hholdenthorp

          You can make yourself a mask with a paper towel, facial tissue, rubber bands and scotch tape. Not medical grade but good enough for most people.

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        1. Jozef Volodia‏ @foonction 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          NEJM latest Covid podcast has experts saying that fomite infection is rare. It follows that curbing droplets with masks could then have important impact.

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