But the world is moving. Time for WHO and the CDC to catch up to making evidence-based recommendation for face masks. People need guidance on sanitization/reuse for cloth, and we need rationed distribution once we have surgical mask production catch up.https://twitter.com/nycmayor/status/1245855631241707522 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Steve Herman
Finally. Finally.https://twitter.com/w7voa/status/1245884276974944268 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lois Beckett
I had people tell me that my insistence on continuing to point out the overwhelming scientific evidence in favor of universal mask wearing was about my “anxiety”. In reality, I have the privilege of staying home. Many don’t. This was always about them.https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/1245907755057033216 …
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Lois BeckettVerified account @loisbeckettJason Hargrove, a Detroit bus driver, posted an emotional Facebook video about a woman coughing on his bus without covering her mouth. Within days, he was sick. Less than 2 weeks later, he was dead. Fellow drivers ask: what protections will they get? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/5115450002 … pic.twitter.com/anGq9TmaoeShow this thread12 replies 69 retweets 226 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nathan Scandella
Yep. Totally okay for ordinary people to think CDC/WHO got this right. They normally do! But if you needed to separate the good science journalist from the one that parrots official advice without analytic thinking/deep digging themselves... Litmus moment!https://twitter.com/enscand/status/1246143381526302721 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Reuters
Yes! Finally! One thing left: CDC should issue guidelines for best practices for home-made masks and their re-use and sanitization, and consider distributing/rationing a few surgical masks per person in hotspots with instructions for sanitization/reuse.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1246149401246076934 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeremy Howard
The WHO is also, finally, finally, finally shifting. WHO, like the CDC, should quickly issue guidelines for best practices and sanitization. Time for them to step up and do what they are supposed to do, and can do.https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1246152974809915393 …
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Jeremy Howard @jeremyphowardNew@WHO guidance finally opens the door to#Masks4All. The science described here is incorrect still, but hopefully this step makes more jurisdictions feel able to introduce laws or guidance. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-opens-door-to-broader-use-of-masks-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2UK …Show this thread8 replies 41 retweets 116 likesShow this thread -
I can't wait to put an end to this thread.
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The WHO finally "encourages" the public to wear masks. What a tragic waste of time and a needless squandering of medical authority amidst a pandemic. By March, there was enough evidence of presymptomatic and asymptomatic transmission for me to write this. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1268927569065324547 …pic.twitter.com/2Me0Sj9OlD
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted World Health Organization (WHO)
Also not only is there no evidence for this claim, there is emerging evidence for the opposite, and there is decades of evidence from other safety devices that this concern is not warranted, and if this was a thing, it would also apply to hand-washing.
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Replying to @zeynep @marcelsalathe
I wonder if
@WHO has a single social scientist involved1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I briefed the WHO, along with others, on the social science front. We offered them every possible type of help. Lots of people have been trying for months.
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