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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 9 May 2020

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      I disagree. Yes summer may bring about a lull. Possible that seasonality effects will bring numbers down. But as people start seeing long-term outcomes (which are less visible now) on what surviving this *actually* means for a substantial portion, they will wisely avoid "normal". https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1258836264570228738 …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2020

      Back in February I wrote an article on flattening the curve as civic duty. Until recently I did it to avoid being a vector. I changed my mind: I also don't want to risk this. I'm not particularly risk-averse. I eat street food everywhere and walk into protests just for research.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2020

          The emerging clinical picture is disturbing: big hints of significant long-term effects that will be incurable. I think we now have a sense of where most risk is: indoors, talking, closed/AC ventilation etc. as opposed to outdoors/fleeting contact. I'll avoid the high-risk stuff!

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2020

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          Yes. As usual and tragically so, the price of our failure to drive cases down fully: to have universal masking and mass testing, to build scalable and rapid contact-tracing; and to provide isolation will be paid by the poorest and the most vulnerable. https://twitter.com/zannzibarland/status/1259143807032909824?s=20 …

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        2. Ed Bott‏Verified account @edbott 9 May 2020
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          Same. Given the choice between not getting this virus and risking the unknown side effects of even a "mild" infection, I will choose the former.

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        3. Richard Hornik‏ @RHornik 9 May 2020
          Replying to @edbott @zeynep

          Yes, gathering for drinks with friends outside or going to an outdoor restaurant? Sure. Going to a dinner party in a home or venturing to a restaurant's indoor dining room? Don't think so. But I'm older and more vulnerable. What will 20-somethings do?

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        1. ubi4uandI  🧩‏ @UBI4UandI 9 May 2020
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          We don't know enough about this virus. Response is likely correlated to privilege. I'm exercising my privilege by staying home until we know more.

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        2. abla h (•-/\/\/-•)‏ @abla47 9 May 2020
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          Thanks for writing that article in February! It was the main reason I was prepared ahead.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2020
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          So glad to hear that!

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