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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Jul 2020

      The idea that we can merely rely on strengthening traditional media to fight misinformation is naive. No joke. Many top media outlets are engaged in a persistent campaign of visual misinformation (the most powerful kind) about COVID risks (which aren't beaches). h/t @dbchhbrpic.twitter.com/GE4M09DysY

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Jul 2020

      We screwed up the testing infrastructure so badly that people are waiting two weeks to get their results. Surely, @Oregonian, it's the fault of these people undertaking an enjoyable, safe activity! By having fun safely, they've caused the labs to come to a halt. h/t @joeahandpic.twitter.com/NfANTDfOKC

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2020

      Yes, @BBCNews, articles about Sweden and COVID must be illustrated by ... a beach picture, as Sweden is famous for beaches driving the pandemic! (The epidemiologists are all lying when they say there isn't a single known superspreader event on a beach). (ht @geunsmeyer)pic.twitter.com/Yo3YOYJ7ML

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jul 2020

      You'd think this virus exclusively lives on beaches and preys on anyone daring to enjoy them. If they want to illustrate travel risks, isn't there a single picture of a bar, an indoor party or any of those things that we know are high risk? But hey can't compete with bikini pics!pic.twitter.com/bvqdz9qW70

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jul 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted PastaMonkey

      I agree. Doctors are reporting emergency rooms full of "essential workers"—basically low-wage and largely non-white younger people who got forced back to indoors work or their family members. But media is stuck on moralizing about beaches. Misinformation.https://twitter.com/monkey_pasta/status/1287196060620853249 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      PastaMonkey @monkey_pasta
      Replying to @zeynep
      https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/25/metro/heat-humidity-make-return-visit-greater-boston/ … Boston Globe today. At this point, the misinformation by the media is criminal and dangerous.
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jul 2020

      This was the Boston Globe headline, by the way, to add to the thread of shame. People going to the beach, especially in or near the town they already live in, is a safe and healthy activity. How about we focus on the risks, the essential workers and the colleges about to open.pic.twitter.com/Qpk7Bn1g2l

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH

      So @JuliaLMarcus is absolutely correct. For the New York Times to use visuals of perhaps the three safest but fun activities—a beach, a park, and a drive-through movie, as a photo for virus’s resurgence is straight up misinformation. And it’s pathological.https://twitter.com/julialmarcus/status/1289984383378546689 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Julia Marcus, PhD, MPHVerified account @JuliaLMarcus
      The media's misinformation campaign continues on the front page of the Sunday @nytimes. What's driving the latest surge in cases? Apparently people enjoying themselves at spacious beaches and parks and drive-in movies. pic.twitter.com/Ho0UaMj0WD
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Aug 2020

      This @bloomberg article is... about indoor parties. The photo, on the other hand, is pure misinformation. The people are *outside* in circles, spread apart far more than even the guidelines! What is this media obsession with scolding people doing the right thing? ht @leonhjavipic.twitter.com/giucryDaY2

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2020

      Misleading beach photos are harmful misinformation from traditional media. THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT AN *INDOOR* PARTY OF 100+ THAT WAS BUSTED. GUESS WHERE PEOPLE GO IF YOU KICK THEM OFF THESE SAFE BEACHES—WHERE THERE IS NOT A SINGLE KNOWN OUTBREAK. Maddening.🤬ht @sheena_burgesspic.twitter.com/GOVUMAQqC3

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Aug 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Katie Notopoulos

      Ah. It makes sense now! By misinforming everyone about the simple fact that beaches & backyards are the most sensible places to socialize, we fool young ones into thinking they're rebelling and "breaking quarantine" when they're actually being sensible.🤔🤫https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos/status/1293013730654068736 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Katie NotopoulosVerified account @katienotopoulos
      There’s currently a trending YouTuber video about how cool it is to break quarantine (“tired of the inside/ so let’s be lit in the sunshine/ go crazy” https://youtu.be/tbsu-AWH-C0 
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Aug 2020

      This, from April, may be the platonic ideal of beach misinformation plus victim erasure. It simultaneously erases the reality that poorer/non-white people less able to work from home and isolate are suffering more while *also* using the safest looking beach photo I can imagine.pic.twitter.com/Ri4rXzqEc2

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Aug 2020

          Another terrible entry in the misinformation thread of shame. Yes, younger people are dying more in Florida but not because of the beaches. They're dying because they are "essential" but low-wage workers—also disproportionately non-white. ht @dylanhmorris https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/virus-young-deaths.html …pic.twitter.com/vSZnUwFQTe

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷

          I have no words for this one. It’s not scolding but it just shows how so much of our actions aren’t really evidence-based.https://twitter.com/vprasadmdmph/status/1294648527956500480 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH
          Disinfecting a beach chair to stop COVID - almost a poetic picture of the things we were willing to do that don't matter vs. the thing we were not willing to do that do pic.twitter.com/DWriWA6joS
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Aug 2020

          If you're a media outlet, seems you cannot stop from cynically spreading visual misinformation about what's actually high-risk for spreading COVID—not the activity pictured here: many actual victims are poorer, low-wage "essential" workers or nursing homes/prisons. ht @theturnerpic.twitter.com/0jrxJIKxq4

          6 replies 61 retweets 239 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted A Marm Kilpatrick

          This is genuinely infuriating. We should be *encouraging* people to take advantage of the vast open spaces that beaches offer, and provide proper guidance and rules for ancillary activities (like indoors dining!) that are actually unsafe.https://twitter.com/DiseaseEcology/status/1295598186375987203 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          A Marm Kilpatrick @DiseaseEcology
          Replying to @zeynep @theturner
          It doesn't stop w visuals. On NPR yesterday: heat wave forces Californians to beaches where they risk getting infected with COVID. Ugh.
          11 replies 85 retweets 357 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Aug 2020

          Remarkable! The insistence on visual misinformation knows no boundaries in its targets. This is not harmless: countries and states are still closing beaches and parks: possibly the safest outdoors activities. People’s health will be worse off, plus the alternative is... indoors.pic.twitter.com/EnzK8Y0KYU

          6 replies 68 retweets 264 likes
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Aug 2020

          Doctors in the front lines keep telling us how low-wage “essential” workers are the majority of victims. Statistic show black and Hispanic people are disproportionately dying, getting infected at work. This? Actively erasing the real victims and misinforming us! ht @Brian_Orakpic.twitter.com/RiHeYdGTYM

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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Aug 2020

          The article itself in @bopinion. talks about parties and indoors gatherings. The picture? A safe beach! We don't know of any beach outbreaks. If people are getting infected in activities around beaches (indoor parties or restaurants?) then let's talk about that. ht @sillygwailopic.twitter.com/pwo13UDlgQ

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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Aug 2020

          One of the most thoughtful academics on this, @jljcolorado writes a long article making the case for aerosol transmission, *emphasizing* how outdoors is much safer and that's part of the evidence. Then he has to go back and have the picture changed because.. yeah, you guessed it.pic.twitter.com/sCdb6d30CL

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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 Aug 2020

          I keep thinking we can't reach further heights of absurdity on media visual misinformation, but I keep being proven wrong. The former director of the CDC wrote an excellent article on masks. First, the photo for the article—perhaps most important lever for impact. Next, the text.pic.twitter.com/ISi7Zpz5lI

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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Aug 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Also important: there are a lot of examples of media going out of their way to falsely represent beaches as crowded through use of lenses and angles. All that despite being outdoors much safer and completely inappropriate to represent high-risk for COVID. https://twitter.com/sarahtakesfotos/status/1299870154105389056 …

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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Sep 2020

          If you read the article itself in the New York Times, you see this beach photo but you'd learn that *indoor* nightclubs in Spain were allowed to remain open till 5a before the 2nd wave. Also street cleaning is theater. (They do have *one* ER photo for a change!) ht @artur0castropic.twitter.com/w3nJFv2Bb4

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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Sep 2020

          Eek, et tu @ScienceMagazine? Article: "In the spring, some countries banned almost any outdoor activity, including jogging; now, the focus is on *indoor* activities. 'We’ve learned outdoor hospitality is generally fine.'" Photo? A beach, of course! How dare people have safe fun!pic.twitter.com/F0NB1AiTbg

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        14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Sep 2020

          But that beach that @Bloomberg chose to represent as COVID risk? It's misinformation. That beach is vast, not even mildly crowded and it's probably as safe an outing as one can imagine. What will it take to for media to communicate INDOORS is the high risk place? h/t @leonhjavipic.twitter.com/uMhcZiEHU0

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        15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Sep 2020

          “Look at these people having a safe outlet during such difficult times. Let’s just make sure we scold them for that, and not use the power of visuals to inform people of the actual big risks of crowded, unventilated indoors.” ht @mauprietopic.twitter.com/BF4K0baF63

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        16. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Sep 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kevin Burke

          Visuals overwhelm words. Also if they know the facts, why aren’t they communicating them?🤬https://twitter.com/derivativeburke/status/1302972465648295936 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Kevin Burke @derivativeburke
          Replying to @zeynep
          lead video on @GMA segment on coronavirus risks was a photo of beaches (To be fair they later said main risk was from bars and parties)
          4 replies 9 retweets 74 likes
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        17. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Sep 2020

          Risk is so grave that media must make sure not to use the power of visuals to correctly identify risk—indoors. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1302962825778933763 …pic.twitter.com/3na5Fo3oFb

          6 replies 18 retweets 111 likes
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        18. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Sep 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted AFP News Agency

          Is there data from Brazil on the actual victims and where they are contracting COVID? If it is like all the other places on the planet, it's not the beach—it's "essential", especially low-wage workers, nursing/elderly homes, and indoor spaces. ht @KetanJ0https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1303302070724952064 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

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          AFP News AgencyVerified account @AFP
          VIDEO: Thousands of people gather on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro during the holiday weekend ahead of Brazil's Independence Day, as the country eases quarantine measures despite surpassing 4 million coronavirus cases with more than 125,000 deaths pic.twitter.com/umD3GICXJH
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        19. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Sep 2020

          This @sfgate headline is about COVID's death toll but it is represented visually with a safe and fun day at Dolores Park! Why let facts get in the way of visual misinformation? Deaths and cases in SF are disproportionately from the Hispanic population—low-paid essential jobs.pic.twitter.com/V1DrgnwNU6

          14 replies 58 retweets 203 likes
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        20. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️

          Finally on article with a beach picture I can share with approval!https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1313264105436803072 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️Verified account @MackayIM
          Fears about spreading COVID-19 at the beach 'overblown' https://www.smh.com.au/national/fears-about-spreading-covid-19-at-the-beach-overblown-20201005-p5626n.html … 1/
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        21. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Oct 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Daniel Kotzin

          Did Covid make this policy? Discourage beaches in a heatwave and thus encourage... air-conditioned indoors. Anti-science, anti-safety. ht @JenniferSey and @JuliaLMarcus.https://twitter.com/danielkotzin/status/1317527184303562752 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Daniel Kotzin @danielkotzin
          90 degree heatwave in San Francisco. The city responds by closing parking lots near the beach for the weekend. The goal — stop people from congregating outside by the ocean. The result — people will congregate inside with AC on. Stupidity or sadism or both? pic.twitter.com/MvtvATEfgk
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        22. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

          I had stopped updating this thread (despite the occasional example) but come on. This is Australia's "paper of record". And the tone. "One group of five maskless sunbathers lay on towels with a six-pack of beer." Yeah, stop the presses and publish their photos!pic.twitter.com/rkUIT4uVhT

          12 replies 11 retweets 156 likes
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        23. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hugh Pym

          Another retrospective paper that will get eventually written: "The deadly cost of closing parks and scolding beach-goers long after it became clear that it was not only among the safest activities people could do, it displaced riskier indoor socializing."https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1361981207706292225 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Hugh PymVerified account @BBCHughPym
          Prof Mark Woolhouse tells MPs there was not a single virus outbreak linked to crowded U.K. beaches last summer
          5 replies 194 retweets 610 likes
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        24. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Apr 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Robert Benzie

          The year is 2157. As spring blooms, parks are cordoned off with tape—an annual ritual origins of which are lost to time. Some believe tape markings ward of the evil eye that brings on disease. Others think its bright yellow stimulates the immune system. 🧿https://twitter.com/robertbenzie/status/1382694894754533376 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Robert BenzieVerified account @robertbenzie
          NEW: ⁦@cityoftoronto⁩ staff erecting fences around the cherry blossoms to discourage crowds in Trinity Bellwoods Park. Homeless encampments remain, however. #topoli #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Vb9X6bsP2K
          12 replies 128 retweets 709 likes
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        25. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Apr 2021

          What exactly *is* the reason outdoor events remain banned and shamed? (Transmission outdoors isn't just rare with distancing and precautions. It's.. just rare. Very few confirmed cases anywhere and not a single confirmed outdoor-only big cluster—after a whole year). @simonplittlepic.twitter.com/37iDJ2oMIT

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        26. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2021

          Indeed. The picture is inappropriate and misleading (even though the article itself, thankfully, has no reference to outdoors being high risk). Visuals really, really matter and photo editors need to put a stop this. https://twitter.com/ericearling/status/1383813024960507908 …pic.twitter.com/LgPf0cHBxW

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