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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Jun 2020

      Story number one has no mention of story number two published in the same newspaper just a few months ago. (Yep, Washington Post was publishing articles calling masks "superstition" akin to tossing salt over one's shoulder. No retraction, apology or update).pic.twitter.com/8ujZSAvL2G

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    2. Aron Pilhofer‏ @pilhofer 22 Jun 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      I agree with your broader point, but the second piece is an opinion piece written by an outside writer, isn’t it? Not a WashPo reporter. Don’t think it’s a news article, more op/ed… though hard to tell, which is actually maybe a bigger problem. Especially in digital.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Jun 2020
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      Would anyone publish a "hand-washing is magical thinking" article? They'd be excoriated for endangering the public.

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        1. Aron Pilhofer‏ @pilhofer 22 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Absolutely right! I’m not disagreeing with your broader point, except to point out that the second piece isn’t a reported news article. I think it’s well past time to have a serious conversation about the impact op/ed has on credibility and trust, so totally agreeing with you.

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        2.  🌙Radical Dreamingnoctis ⭐ 🔞Conflict avoidant cutie‏ @dreamingnoctis 22 Jun 2020
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          Ironically, given what we've learned about droplet vs. surface transmission (the latter apparently being less common than thought) the hypothetical hand-washing article might have actually been LESS harmful than the early anti-mask messaging has turned out to be.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Jun 2020
          Replying to @dreamingnoctis @pilhofer

          If anything, false sense of security would apply to hand-washing without the positives of masks (removing stigma, signaling solidarity) but never brought up. That said, why would anyone write an op-ed against such a broadly useful no-risk intervention? But they did for masks.

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        1. Dr Ayfer Ali‏ @AyferAli5 22 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @pilhofer

          It's funny how nobody makes a big deal that hand-washing has no more evidence than masks regarding protection from Covid.

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        2. Sam Tobin-Hochstadt‏ @samth 23 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @pilhofer

          Not that I disagree with the larger point, but OpEd pages regularly publish things that are exactly that bad, especially digital-only ones like PostEverything that don't have space constraints (cf The Guardian).

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Jun 2020
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          But that should be part of the story of how we got here with masks!

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