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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 1 Jul 2020

      Good morning in sad, jealous tweets. All schools in Taiwan have been open since February. They did not listen to China or WHO in January and immediately masked up and shut down travel. They also traced the hell out of their outbreaks. They were practically done by February.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

      The idea that this was somehow a mutantninjasuper virus against which we are powerless is nonsense. But yes, this is like a fire: the more area it consumes, the harder it is to put it out. Yes, it is not as big a priority as schools, but restaurants in Taiwan are open, too.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alan Feldstein

      They aren't letting that happen. Restricted travel. Also *for real* fourteen day quarantine even with a negative COVID test to those allowed to enter. No country that has succeeded is likely to let failures of countries like ours ruin their own success.https://twitter.com/AlanFeldstein/status/1278310456214671361 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Alan Feldstein @AlanFeldstein
      Replying to @zeynep
      What happens when large numbers of infected people resume travel to Taiwan?
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

      Here's the truth for the US. Universal masking with targeted closures will help but the outbreak is huge now. Maybe we get *really* lucky with this virus. (T-cell cross-reactivity? An antiviral combo?) I hope so but can't count on it. Otherwise, it's another year of where we are.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

      Anyway, for people in the United States the sad, terrible reality is that barring something about the virus characteristics rescuing us despite ourselves (possible but absolutely not what we should bank on), make your plans for another year of this—till summer of 2021. I'm sorry.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

      2020 may well be the end of the American century.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          Here's the reason to say all this now. Maybe, just maybe, we will get lucky because of some aspect of the virus. There are actual glimmers of hope. But hope is not a plan. Americans should plan for one more year of this with their family or community.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1278322483482025984 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
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          Yeah, the hope that a summer lull would let us get our act together isn't happening. We're down to hoping for miracle treatments or something about the virus causing the pandemic to wind down early in spite of ourselves. As they say, hope is not a plan so people have to plan.
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          It's July of 2020 and Americans are still not being informed correctly about what's actually high-risk. Just linking here to one of my many exasperated threads over many months. No and no, beaches aren't the key issue. Crowded indoors are.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1276587493316595712 …

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          Can we please have a talk with the photo editors? ENOUGH WITH THE BEACH PICTURES ruining articles.😡 Beaches are one of the least risky environments. Indoor bars and restaurants. House parties. Indoor gatherings where unmasked people talk. Not beaches. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/us/coronavirus-cases-young-people.html …
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          If you want so see a *really* exasperated thread, here's one that starts with my March NYT op-ed on masks--why telling people not to wear them was going to end up backfiring and hurting us all when the evidence was finally conceded that we needed masks. 😡https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1239903421970501640 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          For the @nytimes, I wrote about why health authorities telling people they didn't need masks, and, besides they wouldn't wear them right, misfired and maybe even fueled hoarding. There will be many painful truths, and we need to learn to talk about them. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html … pic.twitter.com/vBhEbS2rJk
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jul 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted NPR Health News

          Fauci: "We have to admit it, that that mixed message in the beginning, even though it was well meant to allow masks to be available for health workers, that was detrimental in getting the message across." Should have just said, sorry, there's a shortage.https://twitter.com/NPRHealth/status/1278476238189780997 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          NPR Health NewsVerified account @NPRHealth
          Fauci: Mixed Messaging On Masks Set U.S. Public Health Response Back https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/01/886299190/it-does-not-have-to-be-100-000-cases-a-day-fauci-urges-u-s-to-follow-guidelines?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Jul 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Wang

          This is how done Taiwan is. They had a Pride parade. With any epidemic, acting today is always better than acting tomorrow. They acted in January.https://twitter.com/oramyw/status/1278330348170960898 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Amy WangVerified account @ORAmyW
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          They are so done that they just had a Pride parade https://time.com/5860867/taiwan-pride-parade-2020/ …
          2 replies 48 retweets 158 likes
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        1. Michael Kunz‏ @Michael_Kunz 1 Jul 2020
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          @threadreaderapp please please unroll

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        2. Fink‏ @ratfink6923 1 Jul 2020
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          2017 was the beginning of the end.

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        3. Kirara Decline  🧺‏ @CodecMendoza 1 Jul 2020
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          2003, actually

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        1. Jane McManus‏Verified account @janesports 1 Jul 2020
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          Rand Paul wants more optimism from your morning tweets.

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        2. Jason Cunliffe‏ @nomadics 1 Jul 2020
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          November 7, 2000 Hanging Chads Electoral College Supreme Court of Injustices Dubya regime > Shock'n'Awe IRAQ WAR F'GANistan

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