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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2020

      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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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2020

      (Apparently link broken so here it is again, a list of actions Taiwan took to contain the epidemic. https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jama/0/jvp200035supp1_prod.pdf?Expires=2147483647&Signature=bIZCLS7ZLWTJd~U~H40JgiEGdFb3ggVUJpBvJ7KdANK7HgK1zaj4uWHvqweGym1nWfO~nXt9Y5i1vX79pF7zjjqfzmJAy3udTdpVVZQe07xnQIPcBMXLwZ5XjgTO8yKFXVIpxsXhrmOu8sGSpKiEmQ86ZCKfOTar7fMAGmUCtjiYVFwf31K3REWAA-r3hZyoZpqz3QKpVgpsRpF9fV9thQCq0~yvbvRKTH4PcoB~CZgmXH7rpVb6bILXQn5zBCphf6pyLAa4zIebUEKfCdCYdSdi9LeIEUsesqsYpNWgHJcr4K1LC0hFlst0RHQz-vZ7I-OvrX~5jel6zjjtuDQzjQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA … )

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2020

      Health care workers! Please consider signing this petition asking for CDC and the WHO to give clear, evidence-based guidance on masks. Every person who's not infected is one less patient you have to care for during this time. Folks, feel free to share. https://www.medwiser.org/sign-petition-international-physicians-and-health-care-workers-call-on-who-and-cdc-to-reserve-ppe-for-frontline-medical-teams-and-recommend-nonmedical-fabric-face-masks-be-worn-by-public/ …pic.twitter.com/iMPAGmUkOQ

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted RTÉ News

      These articles aren’t even attempting to be coherent anymore. There is no known evidence of harm. It’s a lot of weird speculation—all of which flies in the face of all the overwhelming scientific evidence we have.https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1245793379834908672 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      RTÉ NewsVerified account @rtenews
      The debate around mask-wearing is highly complex and, crucially, experts are warning that ill-fitting and improperly worn masks can do more harm than good, writes @ElMcM https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0402/1128175-facing-down-the-coronavirus-are-masks-a-solution/ …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mayor Eric Adams

      But the world is moving. Time for WHO and the CDC to catch up to making evidence-based recommendation for face masks. People need guidance on sanitization/reuse for cloth, and we need rationed distribution once we have surgical mask production catch up.https://twitter.com/nycmayor/status/1245855631241707522 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Mayor Eric AdamsVerified account @NYCMayor
      We have new guidance for New Yorkers: We're advising New Yorkers to wear a face covering when you go outside and near others. It can be a scarf, a bandana or one you make at home. But PLEASE: save medical masks for our health care workers & first responders who truly need them.
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Steve Herman

      Finally. Finally.https://twitter.com/w7voa/status/1245884276974944268 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Steve HermanVerified account @W7VOA
      Guidance from @CDCgov on face masks coming within days. Our latest @VOANews report: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/cdc-guidance-face-masks-coming-within-days … #coronavirus #COVIDー19 @WhiteHouse
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lois Beckett

      I had people tell me that my insistence on continuing to point out the overwhelming scientific evidence in favor of universal mask wearing was about my “anxiety”. In reality, I have the privilege of staying home. Many don’t. This was always about them.https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/1245907755057033216 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Lois BeckettVerified account @loisbeckett
      Jason Hargrove, a Detroit bus driver, posted an emotional Facebook video about a woman coughing on his bus without covering her mouth. Within days, he was sick. Less than 2 weeks later, he was dead. Fellow drivers ask: what protections will they get? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/5115450002 … pic.twitter.com/anGq9Tmaoe
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nathan Scandella

      Yep. Totally okay for ordinary people to think CDC/WHO got this right. They normally do! But if you needed to separate the good science journalist from the one that parrots official advice without analytic thinking/deep digging themselves... Litmus moment!https://twitter.com/enscand/status/1246143381526302721 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Nathan Scandella @enscand
      Replying to @zeynep
      I’m getting a lot of accusations based on pop psychology when challenging the prevailing advice (or old advice) on masks. It’s a last resort when data isn’t on their side.
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Reuters

      Yes! Finally! One thing left: CDC should issue guidelines for best practices for home-made masks and their re-use and sanitization, and consider distributing/rationing a few surgical masks per person in hotspots with instructions for sanitization/reuse.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1246149401246076934 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      ReutersVerified account @Reuters
      Americans should cover faces and also keep distance: Dr. Fauci https://reut.rs/3aME8BC  pic.twitter.com/RZuxtbMeoW
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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeremy Howard

      The WHO is also, finally, finally, finally shifting. WHO, like the CDC, should quickly issue guidelines for best practices and sanitization. Time for them to step up and do what they are supposed to do, and can do.https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1246152974809915393 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jeremy Howard @jeremyphoward
      New @WHO guidance finally opens the door to #Masks4All. The science described here is incorrect still, but hopefully this step makes more jurisdictions feel able to introduce laws or guidance. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-opens-door-to-broader-use-of-masks-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2UK …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      I can't wait to put an end to this thread.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jun 2020

          The WHO finally "encourages" the public to wear masks. What a tragic waste of time and a needless squandering of medical authority amidst a pandemic. By March, there was enough evidence of presymptomatic and asymptomatic transmission for me to write this. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1268927569065324547 …pic.twitter.com/2Me0Sj9OlD

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted World Health Organization (WHO)

          Also not only is there no evidence for this claim, there is emerging evidence for the opposite, and there is decades of evidence from other safety devices that this concern is not warranted, and if this was a thing, it would also apply to hand-washing. 🙄https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1268927995932225541 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          World Health Organization (WHO)Verified account @WHO
          "Masks can also create a false sense of security, leading people to neglect measures such as hand hygiene and physical distancing"-@DrTedros #COVID19
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jun 2020

          Here's a preprint of a paper (I'm a co-author) where we review the "false sense of security" claim and explain why it doesn't stand to evidence at all, and why, on the contrary, universal masks would be expected to lessen stigma and heighten solidarity. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v2 …pic.twitter.com/2tDzvYGNVr

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jun 2020

          If some past person had told me I'd spend most of my energy in the first months of a pandemic arguing against CDC and WHO guidelines, that they would drag their feet despite mounting evidence, and that we'd rely on grassroots movements instead, I'd have dismissed them as nuts.

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Babak Javid

          I've been arguing for months that the most likely outcome of masks would be INCREASED adherence to distancing—because that's what social science suggests. That baseless "false sense of security" claim had no evidence for it. Now, experimental confirmation.https://twitter.com/Babak_Javid_Lab/status/1269312406120996864 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Babak Javid @javid_lab
          This is a cool study! Masks/goggles increase social/physical distancing by OTHERS to wearer: as measured by remote sensing technology! Doesn't tackle the straw man 'masks make wearers more reckless', but suggests even ineffective masks may protect by increasing physical distances https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1269308838110302209 …
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2020

          So Dr. Fauci has just said the public was told not to wear masks because they "were in very short supply." I just want to remind everyone what it was like in March—viral threads telling us not to wear masks. (Not picking on one person here—she was misled like everyone else).pic.twitter.com/SEYKHgmYtI

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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2020

          How we got here: we were told that masks increased wearer's risk compared to no masks—and many experts and media parroted this uncritically despite absolute lack of evidence for this. And I could point to asymptomatic transmission in mid-March because there were already papers.pic.twitter.com/A4URiLQ8Qq

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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2020

          Don't focus on any one person! This was practically the entire ecology in March with authorities telling us masks were a risk and unnecessary—instead of the truth: shortage—and "experts"/media parroting them uncritically instead of looking at actual research or Asian expertise.

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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dean S

          Of course! I wrote this, too, when people said "what about the shortages"? First, ramp up production then! Second, cloth masks are good for now. Third, each intubation requires tons of PPE! Every reduced case prevents deaths *and* helps the shortage. https://twitter.com/DinoStraciatela/status/1272520255659823107 …?

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Dean S @DinoStraciatela
          Replying to @zeynep
          Amongst other things: encouraging face covering earlier would have led to fewer hospitalisations. Even from the very narrow questions of protecting health care workers, encouraging public mask use may have been optimal.
          7 replies 31 retweets 165 likes
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Morgenstern, #COVID19 Research & NYC Physician

          Once again, Dr. Fauci says that they did not advise masks earlier because "there was a paucity of equipment that our healthcare workers required." But we were told masks were unnecessary, even harmful. They forgot "a pandemic is a communication emergency".https://twitter.com/i/status/1275522333428645890 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

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          Dr. Morgenstern, #COVID19 Research & NYC Physician @drmikeny
          #Fauci says he doesn't regret not advising people to wear #facemasks because there was a shortage for #healthcareworkers. Should have asked if #fauci regrets advising that #facemasks don't work which undermined credibility when #CDC later asked people to wear them. pic.twitter.com/sqQsQGnkbX
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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          I don't live in the same universe as this CNN correspondent. Dr. Fauci admits they didn't recommend masks before—and even said they may harm, don't work—because of the shortage, and that's sign of a "best communicator? No, no, that's how you lose trust. https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1275491561405546498 …

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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeremy Howard

          Could some *actual* reporters dig into that, and also this?https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1275792716941549568 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Jeremy Howard @jeremyphoward
          I just found this very concerning podcast with epidemiologist Ian Lipkin, former WHO adviser on SARS, who said that he chose *not* to release information that masks were strongly protective against SARS, in order to protect supply. http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-lipkin/ … pic.twitter.com/mw8O38xq34
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