It’s six months in. There are many papers studies and examples. Beaches and parks aren’t the high-risk settings. “What why can’t people just stay home?” Not everyone has space or a backyard. Outdoors is good for physical and mental health. Wind and sunshine reduce risk.
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And all those distorted photo angles, the lenses that make it look more crowded than it actually is? Way to lose trust and messaging power. My mentions are full of people telling me a ventilator is waiting for me. Unscientific scaremongering doesn’t have potency though.
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The epidemic devastates nursing homes, prisons, meat-packing plants. Epidemiologists find big clusters from indoor restaurants, bars, weddings. But where is this "grim reaper" dude and his retweets? Yeah, who you gonna believe, your lying eyes or the baseless scaremongering?pic.twitter.com/s71xxrNwOi
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We cannot win against an epidemic if we cannot get the messaging right. A pandemic is a communication emergency. We need the full truth not the paternalism we got about masks; we need guidance about relative risk not scaremongering about beaches. Alas. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/it-okay-go-beach/613849/ …pic.twitter.com/Y309ZmJ43S
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What on earth does that very sparsely populated, vast beach have anything to do with this headline? Why are people still sharing these images? After months of epidemiological data showing the overwhelming importance of *indoor* transmission, this is straight up misinformation.pic.twitter.com/5Sb3DAX9yJ
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Crunchy Margherita
Yeah, pandemic theater that plays to the outrage not the science will not help us. The cluster are indoors—bars and restaurants especially. Most vulnerable populations are workers, especially in congregate settings, and people in prisons and nursing homes.https://twitter.com/gregg_walls/status/1279757382994845698 …
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Crunchy Margherita @gregg_wallsReplying to @zeynepPoliticians have to look like they are doing something. Close the beaches, even if scientifically it makes less sense, the economic hit isn’t as hard. Close bars/restaurants and it “looks like” you’re shutting down the economy. Follow the money not the logic.4 replies 76 retweets 331 likesShow this thread -
LOL me. In a local Facebook group, folks were freaking out over something close to zero risk—comparable to things we did without a thought before the pandemic—wrote a reply showing the extensive statistics and then looked at previous comments of sympathy-anxiety and.. deleted it.
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In Feb/March, I was really frustrated as people dismissed something was clearly a real risk. I got treated like a needlessly anxious person. I was like, if a tsunami may be coming, please, let's be anxious. Now, it's flipped, there is overwhelming anxiety regardless of evidence.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ranu Dhillon
*This* is what we should be talking about. The people at risk are the "essential workers" who can't work via zoom/slack, people in nursing homes and prisons, and people who attend crowded indoor places (restaurants/bars). We need to address the real risk.https://twitter.com/RanuDhillon/status/1279540201618993152 …
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Ranu Dhillon @RanuDhillonJust finished a stretch in Bay Area hospitals with ~10% of patients with Covid Every Covid+patient was a person of color & either worked at a food processing plant, nursing home, lived w/someone who did or worked at a fast food restaurant w/someone who lived w/someone who did11 replies 253 retweets 677 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @zeynep
One thing that feels missing in much Covid coverage is info like this, on WHO is getting it now and HOW. Any idea why this is? Is the info not being gathered, or just not being sufficiently reported, or...? Seems important both for policy & risk assessment.
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It's crazy-making! For six months now, I've been diligently reading the case studies, news of outbreaks and the epidemiological literature. And then I turn to what's getting attention in media and social media, and it's not that connected to the actual high-risk threats we face.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rex Chapman 🏇🏼
For example, tons of people sent me this because of my beach article. One, that's not at all representative of beaches. Two, no, that is not *at all* advisable but those stupid outdoor parties aren't leading to big outbreaks but indoor clubs and bars are!https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1279541020112367618 …
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8.5 million views! This is obsessive focus on a non-representative, and yes ill-advised, single event with lower risk profile compared to things that are actually causing major outbreaks and killing people that are barely mentioned. No video of easy-to-condemn people=no clicks?
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