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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 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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      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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        1. Andrea Wolfson‏ @andrea_wolfson 5 May 2020
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          Andrea Wolfson Retweeted Burgess Everett

          Then there's this guy 🙄https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1257722164108804096?s=19 …

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          Burgess EverettVerified account @burgessev
          Sen. Rand Paul's explanation: “I have immunity. I've already had the virus, so I can't get it again and I can't give it anybody ... I can’t get it again, nor can I transmit it. So of all the people you'll meet here I'm about the only safe person in Washington.” https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1257712738542985217 …
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        1. Levity‏ @Al_levity 5 May 2020
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          Immunity is only one unknown. Others were/are: are children really safe (it seems not), are there long-term consequences (seems so, even though they seem kinder than with SARS), what makes a person more fragile (for now, old age or a penis)... Hence prevention should prevail

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        1. Crosspatch-ish‏ @VictorishB123 5 May 2020
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          Likely is immunity but how long it lasts is going to vary considerably by individual. The immune system response seems to depend on the severity of the disease and mild cases seem to develop only a weak antibody response. Antibodies to coronaviruses in general wane over time

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        1. steve‏ @FridellMara 5 May 2020
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          There's good science that it is not a fast mutator. That's why outside the pandemic cores, we could have effectively addressed the viral contagion with testing from early days, if the leadership had been there to organize testing. But we'll have chances in the future.

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