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 …
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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH
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@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 @JuliaLMarcusThe 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/Ho0UaMj0WDShow this thread21 replies 226 retweets 548 likesShow this thread -
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@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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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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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.

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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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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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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 …
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That’s outdoors and people are moving *and* a lot of masks in open air in a sunny day. Seems much better than a grocery store.
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Replying to @BenMazer @VPrasadMDMPH
Outdoor transmission is so rare, though. Only examples we know are extended talking from very close distance. That picture doesn’t bother me especially as people are moving but I wouldn’t go to an indoor restaurant even with 12 feet distance.
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