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    1. 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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    2. 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

      10 replies 26 retweets 124 likes
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    3. 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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    4. 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

      12 replies 70 retweets 286 likes
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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Aug 2020
      Replying to @BenMazer @VPrasadMDMPH

      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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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Aug 2020
          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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