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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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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 May 2020

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eric Topol

    We've swung from "it's just the flu/don't be alarmist" to "it's a supermutantninjavirus there is nothing we can do" sensationalism/fatalism a little too fast for my taste.https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1257691501213057024 …

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    Eric TopolVerified account @EricTopol
    This is a double doozy. First, there's no new strain. Second, there's no evidence that there is reinfection from #SARSCoV2 at this point. https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1257661244309413892 …
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      1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 May 2020

        There was no reason really to assume *a priori* there would be no immunity (we just don't know how long it may last) and there is no reason *yet* to assume this will mutate so fast that we can't get ahead of it. We have enough realistic risks and concrete steps we need to take.

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      2. Let me rock you, Jacques Lacan.‏ @jason0x21 5 May 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        I think the aim of both of those viewpoints is to make all the precautions / preparations / quarantines and such seem pointless in that they're either too much, or useless.

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      3. Sam Kaviar‏ @samkaviar 6 May 2020
        Replying to @jason0x21 @zeynep

        Or more rarely on the other extreme with mutantnijasupervirus that they ought to be so much more severe.

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      2. Mark Polhill‏ @mpolhill 5 May 2020

        Indeed, herds occasionally follow each other right off the edge of a cliff.

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      1. Dan Bennett‏ @nerdyatty 5 May 2020
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        It's a dry run for the switch over to "it's too late to do anything about climate change."

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      2. Dennis Clark‏ @boomerangfish 5 May 2020
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        Is it just me or is anyone else horrified that mainstream media such as the LA Times is reporting on a medical paper that has not even been peer-reviewed yet and is not even interpreting the claims in them correctly?

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      3. wombot  👀‏ @colourmeamused_ 5 May 2020
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        I was horrified a few times, now numb. Almost all big ‘reputed’ outlets have been doing this at least since March, mainlining raw science and whatever publicity seekers push into their hands, and publishing it on deadline. Like @RogueNotary i just ignore. https://mobile.twitter.com/RogueNotary/status/1257658709263757317 …

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      1. gonzalo amat a.s.c‏ @gonzalo_amat 5 May 2020
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        Bad news sells better . Thanks for all your posts. I'm a big fan from back at the TED talk.

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