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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 7 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      The idea that people won't comply even if we make it easy and possible is unfounded. Besides, a lot of transmission occurs indoors! Keeping people indoors for too long will have many negative health consequences including reduced immunity—very high cost. https://twitter.com/Schenck/status/1247549290987356161 …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      Folks, please check the evidence! The value of outdoors in fighting pandemics/infections is so strong that there are peer-reviewed papers recommending that we *encourage* people to spend more time outdoors during the next pandemic (this one!)! We just need to do it sensibly.pic.twitter.com/PK9yX6RY5S

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      I get it. We're all anxious. Plus, authorities are swinging from underreaction ("carry on, worry about the flu) to wrong advice ("masks don't help") to non-evidence based overreaction ("close all the parks"). But we need evidence-based, sustainable policies—not pandemic theater.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted No Justice, No Peace

      Yep. I discuss exactly this in the piece. Many reports like this. Instead of having sensible guidelines for congestion and ways to increase space, authorities do anxiety-driven pandemic theater that focuses on optics rather than risk management or health.https://twitter.com/axleyjc/status/1247564584279396354 …

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      No Justice, No Peace @axleyjc
      Replying to @zeynep
      An unintended consequence of closing parks, trails, etc. is that we encounter *more people* when walking around *our neighborhood* than when we went on a hike! And sidewalks are not very wide. And nobody around here wears masks outdoors.
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

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      That alleged "sunlight quackery peddler who was referenced in a medium article... pulled down for misinformation" is in fact a peer-reviewed publication in one of the premier scientific journals of public health in the world. Also not a bro! But carry on. https://twitter.com/ijessesmith/status/1247569122713415680 …

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

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      Now, this is a random person's incorrect opinion. As I argue in the piece, outdoors, exercise and fresh air are not luxuries, but essential to health and immunity. Still striking how many authorities don't seem to include that fact in their calculations. https://twitter.com/retrophit/status/1247609011735846912 …

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Blerchance

      I do actually agree, and mention in the piece that we should consider opening up streets to pedestrians along with congestion management techniques—especially if park/lawn space is limited in a given locale.https://twitter.com/blerchance/status/1247611326748336131 …

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      Blerchance @blerchance
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      I think your piece is interesting, but you keep referencing "exercise, outdoors, and fresh air" as if they *only* exist in parks. My brief forays to Prospect Park have shown fairly crowded roads and trails while the gorgeous residential blocks surround the park are ghost towns
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted just somebody  🌙 ✨

      If it were just a few weeks, sure. But time to face reality, folks. It's already been more than a month in some places. It's going to be many more weeks, perhaps many more months, and perhaps a year—on and off. Need evidence-based, sustainable policies.https://twitter.com/lalawolfi/status/1247613531869941761 …

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      just somebody  🌙 ✨ @lalawolfi
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      “If I can’t go to the park for a few weeks I will surely perish” is selfish and shortsighted. Trying to stop a pandemic is like herding cats. Cats give a fuck about themselves and do what they want, it’s an apt comparison.
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jack Monowitz

      Anyone who thinks the epidemiology of a pandemic is somehow independent of the sociology of it is going to be, well, in for a surprise. All claims are linked to peer-reviewed public health and epidemiology articles. Thank you for the vote of confidence!https://twitter.com/JackMonowitz/status/1247619805009641472 …

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      Jack Monowitz @JackMonowitz
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      Since your academic background is not epidemiology, you should probably exercise your right to free speech on something else. Your sophomoric BS can get people killed.
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Apr 2020
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      I do it rarely! You should see the number of much worse comments I get. I pick a few representative, though here and there. I do need to address the "what do you know, shut up" ones, though. At least, anyone who's going to tell me to shut up should consider being quoted as risk.

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