How is this happening? Is this true? Why aren’t masks rationed? “Roughly 280 million masks from warehouses around the U.S. had been purchased by foreign buyers and were earmarked to leave the country, according to the broker — and that was in one day.” Https://twitter.com/geoffreygertz/status/1244754128766734336 …https://twitter.com/geoffreygertz/status/1244754128766734336 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Scott Gottlieb, MD
This may be happening! YES! Finally!


https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1244793474114871298 …zeynep tufekci added,
Scott Gottlieb, MDVerified account @ScottGottliebMDWashington Post: "CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/cdc-considering-recommending-general-public-wear-face-coverings-in-public/2020/03/30/6a3e495c-7280-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html …9 replies 22 retweets 117 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alan Wong
More and more countries are accepting the overwhelming evidence and science that we clearly need universal mask wearing to combat a respiratory infection with asymptomatic spread. The sooner the better: first home-made, then ramped up domestic production.https://twitter.com/alanwongw/status/1244945031867166721 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeremy Howard
Just adding this here. Also reminder that a peer-reviewed publication looking at what worked for SARS, same family as COVID, found that *masks* were the most effective intervention—better than hand-washing. Keep washing hands and distance though! Need all!https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1242894386469486592 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Jeremy Howard @jeremyphowardWhat's happening here? Does this masks thing really make sense, scientifically? Yes, it does! Here's 34 scientific papers that all point to the same thing: masks (even home made ones) really work to dramatically reduce the spread of covid-19. http://tiny.cc/maskswork pic.twitter.com/RQsvq9ezX0Show this thread2 replies 85 retweets 153 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ryan Struyk
We should've ramped up national production in January, distributing N95s to hospitals and surgical masks to people like Taiwan did. Only three *total* deaths in Taiwan as of today, despite extensive travel to China before. But here we are. Let's start now.https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1244990603525570560 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Terrícola por accidente
Yes, I've been trying to make that point for weeks. Distributing some masks now: fewer intubations in three weeks. Each intubation has massive need for PPE compared to that mask. The trick is managing the transition without depriving medical workers now.https://twitter.com/litwicki/status/1245038781700272128 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Terrícola por accidente @litwickiReplying to @zeynepThey just don't seem to get that if more people *outside* of hospitals were wearing masks, there would be fewer people *inside* hospitals. Holding back all the masks only for healthcare workers only ensures hospitals will be more overwhelmed & healthcare workers more at risk.2 replies 21 retweets 67 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Arjun Moorthy
On the one hand, thank you. On the other hand, it was a hard piece to write, personally (a lot of risk). On the other other hand, the science was clear and media should challenge authorities when/if the science/facts warrant it. Otherwise what's the point?https://twitter.com/juicemoorthy/status/1245043144678244352 …
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Arjun Moorthy @juicemoorthyI've been a fan of@zeynep since before Twitter and Tear Gas. Here she rightly calls out the WHO and CDC for improper guidance on masks, though she could have also called out the media more generally for not questioning the guidance when plenty of data to the contrary. https://twitter.com/thefactualnews/status/1245038735340621824 …Show this thread4 replies 7 retweets 69 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Factual
In the digital age, neither journalists nor pundits need to spend too much time merely repeating what the authorities say, but rather also evaluating it in a credible and fact and science based manner. No science/facts=crank. No evaluation=irrelevant.https://twitter.com/thefactualnews/status/1245038735340621824 …
zeynep tufekci added,
The Factual @thefactualnewsHowever, the media did not change its stance on masks until March 17, when@zeynep recognized the media's shortcomings in a@nytimes article. Tufekci acknowledged precisely just what was wrong with CDC messaging, and how the media failed to question it. http://nyti.ms/2UuE6ZkShow this thread3 replies 30 retweets 80 likesShow this thread -
See this screenshot of Taiwan's action on masks (link has list of all its actions). Taiwan had extensive ties/travel with China but it has a total of five COVID-19 deaths and only a few hundred cases. Its schools have been open for more than a month. https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jama/0/jvp200035supp1_prod.pdf …pic.twitter.com/F1WKuUgumG
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That is true, though they still enough travel to seed a major epidemic. (But they are smart about assessing the evidence.—the moment they heard about Wuhan/whistleblowers/doctor, they acted).
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