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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 17 May 2020

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      It's important not just to remember this (the incorrect guidance on masks) but to study and understand it. When I wrote my "masks work" op-ed on March 17 for the New York Times, I honestly thought I was likely ending my career as a public writer. https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1261994903007113216 …

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    2. Patrick Breitenbach  🇺🇸‏ @pbreit 17 May 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @paultoo

      Isn’t the jury still pretty far out on masks?

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    3. Ethan Bond  🇺🇸 🔰‏ @circulinear 19 May 2020
      Replying to @pbreit @zeynep @paultoo

      Yes, it is. But when layperson “intuition” is up against slow, deliberate scientific study, truth takes a backseat.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2020
      Replying to @circulinear @pbreit @paultoo

      No. Many of the world's leading health scientist plus health authorities in almost country have made it clear: asymptomatic/asymptomatic transmission makes masks especially important. Take a look at the signatories just here. https://masks4all.co/letter-over-100-prominent-health-experts-call-for-cloth-mask-requirements/ …

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    5. Ethan Bond  🇺🇸 🔰‏ @circulinear 19 May 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @pbreit @paultoo

      To clarify: It is established that masks worn properly, cleaned properly, in addition to hand hygiene, physical distancing, etc. *may* reduce transmission. The question is whether, in reality, mask-wearing *actually* reduces transmission in an actual population of real people.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2020
      Replying to @circulinear @pbreit @paultoo

      You have less evidence of that kind for hand-washing or physical-distancing at this point than masks to be honest. Masks have more. We should do *all three* because of preponderance of evidence for all three. And the "properly" part is a misunderstanding. Any mask > no mask.

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    7. Ethan Bond  🇺🇸 🔰‏ @circulinear 19 May 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @pbreit @paultoo

      Totally agree that we should be doing all three. The thing that's (from my understanding) still in the air, is whether people shift their hand-washing/distancing/face-touching behaviors due to wearing masks significantly enough to negate their benefits.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2020
      Replying to @circulinear @pbreit @paultoo

      That's a "risk compensation" theory and we have evidence from all other safety devices: it just never overwhelms the actual safety effect. So I feel confident saying not likely at all. Touching face with mask on is better than without mask, and no worse harm there.

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    9. Ethan Bond  🇺🇸 🔰‏ @circulinear 19 May 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @pbreit @paultoo

      I suspect that "never" is a strong word to use there, but I'll definitely do some reading. I sincerely appreciate the dialog @zeynep, and the work you're doing on this question :)

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2020
      Replying to @circulinear @pbreit @paultoo

      Well, okay fair enough. So far, we haven't found a case in which risk-compensation behavior (a second-order effect) overwhelmed the benefits of the safety device (first-order effect). I don't doubt it occurs at some level, but it seem like a very small effect relatively speaking.

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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @circulinear and

          We can and should keep an eye on it, just in case. But not a good enough a priori reason! Thanks. (I retract the never! 😃 Let's say not yet!)

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        1. Paul Buchheit‏ @paultoo 19 May 2020
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          It’s basically the “condoms cause AIDS” argument again

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