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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

      What the person just chosen to lead the "Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health" for WHO wrote on February 28 ("if you're worried about COVID, it's irrational panic") and what I wrote one day before ("We have to get ready so we can lessen risk").pic.twitter.com/teGQv0XEvX

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

      I'm NOT saying appoint me. I'm doing what I can already. But just noting that if you're a famous Harvard professor, track record is no barrier. I doubt a woman and/or a person of color would survive such a track record, even if they managed to get the Harvard brand behind them.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

          At every step of the way, WHO has gotten major chunks of social science of pandemics wrong. Not everything for sure, but some of the most important things, like clinging to baseless claims of false sense of security to block progress on masks and maybe even aerosols.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

          Anyway, if I were leading an already battered organization through perhaps the most important phase of its existence, I'd look for people who had a good track-record and were openly critical when necessary but aligned with the mission, to save lives. Then again, famous professor!

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

          Anyway, I do wish them luck, honestly, because we need them to do the job right. So much depends on it. At a minimum, I hope there is some reflection on why some people were so wrong. Being wrong is normal and reasonable and even helpful as long as one learns from it, and openly.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020

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          Weirdly, some of the "it's just the flu" folks moved to the opposite end of the spectrum, and are amplifying an exaggerated sense of doom and helplessness. Not saying things are great; just saying groupthink will groupthink. It really is hard to fight. https://twitter.com/thirdwestdoak/status/1289224212826058752 …

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        1. Nicholas Weaver‏Verified account @ncweaver 31 Jul 2020
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          Look at Ionnadis at Stanford. He has been so massively incredibly wrong, is still seeking to underplay the fatality rate (but even his estimates are an awful 0.3% infection/fatality rate now), and he's still treated as someone competent.

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        1. Sarah T.‏ @saraht_74 31 Jul 2020
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          Cass Sunstein is also...just a law professor. They couldn't find someone with actual relevant expertise, rather than someone whose main credential is writing an Age of Glibness book?

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        2. javier  💚‏ @infrahumano 31 Jul 2020
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          We should try to appoint you, though.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jul 2020
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          Haha but there really are a large large number of people who'd do an excellent job. I'm not looking for anything myself but wanted to highlight how things go wrong... And what lack of accountability means. High stakes. I'd love to see the committee do great work anyway.

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