(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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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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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 …
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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 …
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Mayor Eric AdamsVerified account @NYCMayorWe 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.Show this thread2 replies 30 retweets 72 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Steve Herman
Finally. Finally.https://twitter.com/w7voa/status/1245884276974944268 …
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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 …
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Lois BeckettVerified account @loisbeckettJason 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/anGq9TmaoeShow this thread12 replies 69 retweets 226 likesShow this thread -
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jeremy Howard @jeremyphowardNew@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 …Show this thread8 replies 41 retweets 116 likesShow this thread -
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.
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*accused of. Duh. Also
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