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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 May 2020

      They found six new cases in Wuhan so they’re planning to test eleven million people over the next ten days. Neither number is a typo.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-idUSKBN22N24F …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 May 2020

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      So I guess that clears up how to actually lead in testing. https://twitter.com/xinyanyu/status/1260044683125895169 …

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Oct 2020

          Chinese authorities found 12 cases in Qingdao, so they will be testing *nine million* people in about a week. (No typos). They had done the same in Wuhan in May, see thread above. Yes, it's costly but having an uncontrolled epidemic is more costly.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54504785 …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Oct 2020

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          People will now accuse me of amplifying China's propaganda. See my thread & article from February— now confirmed with more reporting—that argued that their authoritarianism *blindsided* them, fueling the spread of the the pandemic. Realism, not admiration.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1296450811996909568 …

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          Well. US intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded the same thing as my February article on top of this thread: that local Wuhan officials kept central Chinese government in the dark, well into mid-January. Authoritarians encourage lying to them. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/asia/china-coronavirus-beijing-trump.html … pic.twitter.com/wuGKhIJDoo
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        2. Crosspatch-ish‏ @VictorishB123 11 May 2020
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          I don't think A: anyone believes they are going to test 1.1 million people per day or B: the test kits they are going to use are any good. If they are using the kits they export, there will be a huge error rate. Testing 11 million swabs will take more than 10 days

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        1. Jeff‏ @BlazerBeav 11 May 2020
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          How much did Xi pay for you to believe that nonsense?

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        1. Ethos, pathos, logos‏ @3747S_14458E 11 May 2020
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        2. Karen in SF‏ @kerobinso_sf 11 May 2020
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          that’s amazing: ‘ok we missed some cases, let’s test everyone again.’ but, without doing the stats myself i suspect: - false-pos will surely overwhelm real-pos - with nonzero false-neg rate, surely they’ll never find *every* case … in case anyone thought China has a panacea

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        3. (((Dr Lilly Evans))) If not now, when‏ @Alheri 11 May 2020
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          The tests produce false negatives and not false positives by virtue of what is tested and how

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        2. @novicus‏ @novicus 11 May 2020
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          Zeynep, how much do you trust their data/numbers (on a scale of 1-10), and why? Thanks

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        3. Cool!‏ @oueHQ 12 May 2020
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          8. My mom in Shanghai. She gives me update on her situation. Lines up with what little info we get in the west. China do stuff to do stuff not to show us they do stuff like alot of us may think.

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