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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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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jul 2020

    When I lost my mother unexpectedly, our last conversation loomed large in my grief. Six months in, we still don't have our act together so that people do not face death alone. So many have been denied that last chance for closure. My new, anguished piece. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/covid-dying-words/613951/ …pic.twitter.com/Ts8IzLYJZv

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jul 2020

        Worse, many hospitals have stopped almost all visits. Patients are facing their toughest moments alone, with loved stranded far away. I get the terrible emergency of the first weeks. But it's been ~six months. This is not an acceptable compromise because we can't get it together.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jul 2020

        Hospital visits by loved ones is not some unsolvable problem. Infection control is a science. We know how to do it with resources and prioritizing. That's why I wrote this sad piece. It is absolutely not okay to normalize dying alone. We should move heaven and earth to fix this.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jul 2020

        Dying words are considered important across time and cultures. With the pandemic, hospitals suddenly moved to leaving people alone to face death. At first, it was an emergency. Six months later, it's policy. We should not normalize this. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/covid-dying-words/613951/ …pic.twitter.com/OLMWzVPIKk

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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Jul 2020

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        This is such a terrible, disturbing story. https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/1282307802082545664 …

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      2. Lisa M‏ @ColumbusNYC 9 Jul 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        My mother is in the ICU in FL (non-COVID). Normally I would be sitting there all day talking to doctors. Instead I am sitting home waiting by the phone for info. Makes her horrible situation 1000x worse. Driving me out of my mind.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Jul 2020
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        I am so, so, sorry.

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      1. Susan Smulyan‏ @susansmulyan 9 Jul 2020
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        I have very much appreciated your tweets during the pandemic, based on scientific knowledge but also in the humanities, and this article again brings both together. I've been thinking about this issue. Thanks.

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      2. Cassie‏ @theburnerunit 9 Jul 2020
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        I feel so strongly about the importance of a "good" death that I would have serious reservations about going to the hospital with Covid complications in this current climate. We are setting ourselves up for far-reaching and lasting trauma.

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      3. K. Mc. #COVIDisAirborne‏ @Phoenicopter7 9 Jul 2020
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        Same.

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      2. Andras‏ @andras190 9 Jul 2020
        Replying to @zeynep

        Thoughtful piece, I often struggle to understand the strict visiting times and criteria in our hospitals in UK. Even pre pandemic era, many miss out on spending time with loved ones. Not sure if it is the same in US.

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      3. Lucrezia Borgia‏ @jkh107 9 Jul 2020
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        It's pretty loose in the US most hospitals I have been to pre-Covid. More restrictive in the ICU but that's usually only on numbers at a time and small children.

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