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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Apr 2020

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Reuters

    I see a lot of people sharing this article. Can someone please speak to virologists and epidemiologists to write a piece to put all this in context? A “reinfection” and “reactivation” aren’t the same. Testing issues are also a possibility. This is just a few anomalies right now.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1249672643114086402 …

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    ReutersVerified account @Reuters
    South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again https://reut.rs/3a4yCc7  pic.twitter.com/X3Q9Zm6oCz
    6:18 AM - 13 Apr 2020
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    • Tim Glynn 🗯 MightyIsobel Jared Volpe Annette Gaudino Sai 🌎👨🏽‍💻 Jenny Tom Yemm Shoshanah in AK
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Apr 2020

        A lot of scientific findings are being reported by political journalist. I get the constraints but it just can’t be done that way. I have seen so many sharings of that article with some version of “we’re doomed.” There is something to watch there—but not really any news yet.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Apr 2020

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Angela Rasmussen

        Please see below from an actual expert. We really need to change how we report on all these little developments and questions. I get it, everyone is anxious right now but baseless doomsday journalism isn’t helpful. We have enough very real problems.https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1249689642992951296 …

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        Dr. Angela RasmussenVerified account @angie_rasmussen
        No. There is no data supporting that these “reactivations” are much more than unreliable test results and/or fluctuating viral RNA. The press needs to stop uncritically reporting on “troubling” findings for which no data is available to examine. https://twitter.com/jessemckinley/status/1249673081947410434 …
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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Apr 2020

        Ah, here's a great piece on all that by @mlipsitch. Folks can stop sharing the Korea article with doomsday commentary and read this instead. It's early, there is a lot of reasons to think there will be some form of immunity, but also a lot of unknowns. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-immunity.html …

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      1. Justin Reich‏ @bjfr 13 Apr 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        Did you see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-immunity.html?referringSource=articleShare …

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      1. Lucre Snooker‏ @LucreSnooker 13 Apr 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        okay but the article already says this: “Other experts said faulty tests may be playing a role, or remnants of the virus may still be in patients' systems but not be infectious or of danger to the host or others.”

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      2. Lauren Morgan‏ @LaurenWhitticom 13 Apr 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        What's wrong with this article? It distinguishes between reactivation and reinfection. It doesn't say that reactivation, a term used by Korea's CDC, is definitely occurring. It notes that this is just one possibility under investigation.pic.twitter.com/NLdR3e1L3r

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      3. Lazarus Long‏ @LazarusLong13 13 Apr 2020
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        1/ I agree with you @LaurenWhitticom. Unless a virologist (or any other type of scientist) can definitively point to an actual study to support their stance, we must remain open to all possibilities. Because we depended on @CDCDirector, @Surgeon_General, @DrNancyM_CDC to

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      1. Thirsty Cruz. Big E. Lets Ski.‏ @CruzThirsty 13 Apr 2020
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        People must read beyond headline AND news must not purposely misinform w/headlines. "...the virus may have been reactivated rather than the patients being re-infected... [or] faulty tests may be playing a role, or remnants of the virus maybe not infectious or danger to others.

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      1. Dr Phoebe Fletcher‏ @PhoebeFletcher 13 Apr 2020
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        I thought the WHO was doing an investigation into this? Their guidelines are that someone should only be discharged as recovered after 2 negative tests https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/who-looks-into-report-of-covid-patients-testing-positive-after-negative-tests …

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      1. Bohdan A. Oryshkevich, MD, MPH‏ @ykramerezha 13 Apr 2020
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        1 BAO MD MPH: There are simply too many variables to give you a definite answer whether the tests are unreliable, patients have more chronic infections or whether immunity is failing & patients are getting reinfected. The first thing to determine is the reliability of the test

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