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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. 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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    2. 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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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Matt McCarthy

      I hope this is true!!! But please, start today. Make a homemade mask and wear it. Use a surgical mask—hopefully CDC can give us guidance on sanitization and reuse. Hospitals can distribute a few surgical masks per person—lessening the pileup at their door.https://twitter.com/drmattmccarthy/status/1243891663162019841 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Matt McCarthyVerified account @DrMattMcCarthy
      NEW: CDC guidance on masks expected to change in next 10 days. Americans will be advised to wear masks in everyday life. Current recommendation is for high-risk groups only.
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard

      Yeah, please stop the hemming-and-hawing writing folks. The evidence is clear, the arguments are clear. Don't bury the findings. Universal mask wearing is one of the best ways to protect the whole community during a pandemic with asymptomatic transmission.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1243847668700311553 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Pinboard @Pinboard
      Buried lede in this hemming-and-hawing NYT article is that wearing masks is more effective than washing your hands ten times a day. (And yes, "Why not both?") The WHO and CDC fatwa against mask wearing in public is costing lives. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/health/us-coronavirus-face-masks.html … pic.twitter.com/FVMAj63a5o
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Also, based on a ridiculous and false misrepresentation of my piece on the widespread asystemic thinking that made things worse, @NateSilver538 told me I should “sit this out” and won’t correct his caricature of me. I *refuse* to “sit it out”—but putting it here for the record.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1243922704799019008 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Replying to @zeynep @NateSilver538
      Hi Nate, you still haven’t corrected your gross misrepresentation of my position. I’m just gonna put a few receipts here on what it means for you to call on me to “sit this one out.” My NYT oped on masks. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1239903421970501640 …
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      Another important op-ed on masks from @jeremyphoward in the Washington Post. We should especially pay attention to the Czech Republic: they, too, have a shortage. So they started with a massive campaign for homemade masks. Cultures can change and adapt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/28/masks-all-coronavirus/ …pic.twitter.com/kVpWhgzsKS

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Senator Pat Toomey

      One senator is on board!https://twitter.com/SenToomey/status/1244068464291176448 …

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      Research shows that fluids spread when coughing/sneezing are a big transmitter of COVID-19. Each of us needs to do what we can to stop the spread. One easy thing we all can do, today, is wear homemade masks in public. My mask could help you, your mask could help me. #Masks4All pic.twitter.com/6JGNNMtdJD
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Mar 2020

      The mask misinformation has gotten so bad that many people don't realize this is a RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. The main method of transmission is EXHALATION/INHALATION. People are bleaching cardboard boxes and then going shopping/to work without masks. (screenshot, not blaming person).pic.twitter.com/uH5s06dpVR

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    10. Saturday's child‏ @bksacks 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @mzkpeople @zeynep

      Important to note he is saying something at odds with what @zeynep is: he claims inhalation of aerosolized virus is a marginal form of spread, and that the primary mode is face-touching to eyes, nose, and mouth while hands are contaminated. Note masks will help in either case!

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @bksacks @mzkpeople

      Aerosol and droplets are not the same (though it's a continuum). Aerosolization occurs in high-risk procedures like intubation. Think about this. Someone sick breathing on you or that person is masked, but touching your hand with their bare hand. Guess which is the bigger risk?

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        1. Steve Meier -  🏃‍♂️ ⛷️  🎣  💆 California in Nature‏ @stevemeier853 29 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @bksacks @mzkpeople

          Touching hands bigger risk, physical transfer of virus vs. droplet. You said breathing, not coughing.

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        2. Saturday's child‏ @bksacks 29 Mar 2020
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          Masks help in either case. My Q is: On a population scale, is surface contamination that reaches people's hands that then touch faces more of a societal risk than spread by aerosolized or droplet of virus? Dr. says hands-to-face MUCH more likely. 1/

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        3. Saturday's child‏ @bksacks 29 Mar 2020
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          Knowing this would inform best mitigation strategies for individuals. The Dr. Price video with 2 million views has him saying he is very confident he won't get this bc it MAINLY spreads via hand-to-mouth contamination. https://vimeo.com/399733860 

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