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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 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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
      5 replies 15 retweets 65 likes
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    5. 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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    6. 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.
      2 replies 7 retweets 58 likes
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    7. 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
      4 replies 38 retweets 94 likes
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    8. 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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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020

      A little more than two weeks I wrote a NYT oped advocating for mask for everyone. I was accused me of being irresponsible, contradicting the CDC and the WHO. But science and facts were on side of mask wearing. Today, both organizations are recommending universal masks. Facts won.

      25 replies 109 retweets 469 likes
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    10. carolin shining‏ @carolinshining 3 Apr 2020
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      Yep. It sucks to be right sometimes.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Apr 2020
      Replying to @carolinshining

      Just today a “science” journo was lecturing me about confusing correlation causation ahahha.😬 Yeah I know about stats 101, the many studies I’m referring aren’t written by undergrads either. Her own article was incoherent in so many points, too. But facts won. Late but finally.

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