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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. Kate Starbird‏Verified account @katestarbird 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @xina @sivavaid @zeynep

      That’s been my understanding. But some of messages (in the U.S. at least) have been conflicting. In particular, we repeatedly heard recommendations for regular people not to use N95s (w/ the rationale that we wouldn’t be able to wear them correctly, so they would be worthless).

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @katestarbird @xina @sivavaid

      Incorrectly worn N95s aren't worthless, just not N95-level protection. The problem with N95s is that they get more uncomfortable compared to regular surgical masks *and* if you really need them to work as N95s (high-risk situation/medical setting) yeah training is good.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @katestarbird and

      Also medical people really need N95s because they are doing procedures that aerosolize (like intubation) and there, yeah, N95 or you get infected. But even in Hong Kong, which has tons of experience, they wear surgical masks outside of high-risk stuff. So surgical mask is fine.

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    4. Kate Starbird‏Verified account @katestarbird 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @xina @sivavaid

      @zeynep Do you know of a recent article questioning early recommendations in the U.S. against mask wearing? I’m looking for a citation for a piece I’m writing. Thanks!

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @noUpside @katestarbird and

      You expected the major health authorities to be misinforming us at this scale? I sure had not.

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    8. Renee DiResta‏Verified account @noUpside 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @noUpside @zeynep and

      In super simple terms: there was official misinfo/failure to update policies. there are state-sponsored conspiracy theories. there're hugely viral posts by 5th estate grifters. it's not either-or.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @noUpside @katestarbird and

      Who on earth said either or? But every major newspaper and every major platform are still using the very authorities that are misinforming us as the yardstick of truth. If this is not clear to you as a new challenge for these institutions, I have not much else to add.

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    10. Renee DiResta‏Verified account @noUpside 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @katestarbird and

      i don't see this as a "new" challenge at all after five years of working on the issues with information that emerged during the other outbreaks - maybe that's where the disconnect is. there are both communication challenges, and bad modeling assumptions.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @noUpside @katestarbird and

      Well, hats off to you if you expected the major global and national health authorities to be major sources of misinformation during a deadly pandemic, and that there would be posts on Medium with more solid scientific basis on some key topics. Carry on, what can I say? 🤷‍♀️

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2020
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          You also seem to think that this is commonly understood so could you please tell us how to get every major newspapers and major platform to stop enforcing those health authorities as the yardstick? Personally I’m utterly lost on how to proceed with this level of unanchoring.

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