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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @notdred @Zeddary @WHO

      Thanks for your response. But if that’s your source, where did you get the more specific information?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    2. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @tgemiles @Zeddary @WHO

      There is a large and complex story around this that includes the fact that many countries have been pushing this with success. Follow @zeynep if you would like a sense of scope of this issue.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @notdred @Zeddary and

      I’ve followed. But you haven’t answered the question. Some guy tweets, with no source, that CDC will recommend universal masks. How does he know? How do you know what CDC will supposedly order? This looks like utter rumor-mongering. Not what is needed during a crisis.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @tgemiles @Zeddary and

      Whether or not the CDC recommends it, the fact remains that it’s the correct choice and other nations have done it with great success. We’d be foolish not to do it. And so I stand by my statement that we should be getting as many sewn or makeshift masks as possible. A number

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    5. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @notdred @Zeddary and

      Okay, random people making health policy on Twitter is one of my least favorite kinds of twitter.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @tgemiles @notdred and

      Well those “random people” are right and you are wrong. I know it’s hard to reconcile this in many people’s heads but that’s the reality.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Ann Brocklehurst‏ @AnnB03 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @tgemiles and

      Any astute observer of life should have realized over the course of a 20-year career that occasions when randos are right and experts are wrong are not unknown, perhaps not even uncommon. Why are they so discomfited by such a basic truth?

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    8. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @AnnB03 @zeynep and

      I can’t be wrong if all I’ve done is ask a question. But I’ve obviously struck a nerve. That other guy has blocked me.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    9. Ann Brocklehurst‏ @AnnB03 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @tgemiles @zeynep and

      You were likely blocked for JAQing off https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions …

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @AnnB03 @zeynep and

      If somebody starts making assertions about the corona response, they’d better be able to answer questions about it, without resorting to blocking people to avoid having to answer. I never suggested that people who challenge the official view are wrong. But I want a source.

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020
      Replying to @tgemiles @AnnB03 and

      Check my NYT oped and it’s thread.

      9:42 AM - 28 Mar 2020
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        1. Ann Brocklehurst‏ @AnnB03 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @tgemiles and

          Sorry my bad. I should not have assumed it was you who blocked.

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        2. Tom Miles‏Verified account @tgemiles 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @AnnB03 and

          Ahhh thanks, I will

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020
          Replying to @tgemiles @AnnB03 and

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          For the @nytimes, I wrote about why health authorities telling people they didn't need masks, and, besides they wouldn't wear them right, misfired and maybe even fueled hoarding. There will be many painful truths, and we need to learn to talk about them. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html … pic.twitter.com/vBhEbS2rJk
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