My mask plan is homemade cotton or paper towel/tissue or procedure masks UV-C sanitized for re-use. Plan for trimming my bangs isn’t so advanced, send help. #Masks4Allpic.twitter.com/34948v1JhW
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My mask plan is homemade cotton or paper towel/tissue or procedure masks UV-C sanitized for re-use. Plan for trimming my bangs isn’t so advanced, send help. #Masks4Allpic.twitter.com/34948v1JhW
zeynep tufekci Retweeted geoffrey gertz
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Having spent the better part of a week reading articles on masks to write The Factual's article, I have to say I greatly appreciate the risk you took and commend you for the incisive way you captured the divergent truths on masks! Excellently written!
Thank you. It really was an uphill climb to get that message out but I think we are way past that point, and now onward to making universal mask wearing happen.
Btw do you happen to have a list of the mask articles that came out until March 17?
I was quite frustrated by the lack of scientific scrutiny and mere parroting of CDC/WHO while ignoring credible and successful health authorities/scientists elsewhere. But did not keep a list.
I had friends blocking people for "questioning science" by disagreeing with the CDC/WHO guidelines for masks
Yeah. It's particularly disappointing that we didn't have a few journalists actually dig into the science of it.
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