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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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    1. Daniel W. Drezner‏Verified account @dandrezner 9 Sep 2020

      Daniel W. Drezner Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      I’ll say it again: the medical facts about the coronavirus were already known in February. Even if Woodward had published, the only news is that Trump was made aware of it. I doubt it would have moved the needle on anything.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1303747775037923331 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Wait, what? Woodward had Trump on tape that the coronavirus was airborne BACK IN FEBRUARY (seems he learned this from Xi) and sat on it, presumably to release his book closer to the election? As we've been saying, the US crisis is elite failure *across* the political spectrum. https://twitter.com/mshelton/status/1303747254314962944 …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Sep 2020
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      Completely disagree. I was being lectured for panicking all through February. I wrote an article, at the end of summer, about one of the facts that on that tape—airborne transmission—and have been inundated since with people who had no idea, and weren't even opening windows.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          I really wonder if people forgot? At the end of February, I was begging people to stop traveling and having conferences and was told that I was paranoid and panicky by friends! February had top media op-eds saying we should continue to travel, what about the flu, etc.

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        3. Justin‏ @Trumpery45 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          Boston Biogen conference would have been cancelled https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/11/nation/how-biogen-leadership-conference-boston-spread-coronavirus/ …

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        2. Daniel W. Drezner‏Verified account @dandrezner 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          I understand but respectfully disagree. Even if Woodward had reported what Trump told him in February, the lack of reported cases at the time would have still led it to be a one-day news cycle at best. Thinking it would have changed anything is hindsight bias.

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        3. Bobby Cosmo‏ @Bobsalltimehits 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @dandrezner @zeynep

          The better point is if *Trump* had emphasized that it was known to be airborne, that communication *from the president* might have changed conduct and saved lives.

          0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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        1. Jim Owen‏ @studenthumanjim 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          I think you're right. 'Twill be some time before this is sorted out, but, from all appearances, this is the "Nixon Knew!" moment.

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        1. Jeff Bowen‏ @jeffjamesbowen 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          I, personally, was quite worried in February, but largely because I was following you on this site.

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        1. These arent political 🌲 🌊 💨 🐻 🐺They're necessary 🌱‏ @MyLifeAsABook 9 Sep 2020
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          This! I went back & checked an email I wrote to my boss--it was Feb--letting her know I was instituting PSA's for students on good practices in spite of not yet having guidance abt it, because to me it looked like what it was--what it *is*, even before they officially said it.

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        2. Joseph Allen‏ @j_g_allen 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          I wrote 1st piece on bldgs+airborne in late Jan. Major US paper wouldn't accept b/c skeptical. Published instead in @FT early Feb (FT understood early b/c int'l focus) Couldn't land similar in US til mid-March Was major hesitancy in US to acknowledge what was actually happening

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @j_g_allen @dandrezner @FT

          We still don't have updated CDC guidelines. I'm getting emails from school teachers everyday asking for guidance on ventilation! It's September. (I send them your stuff!). I don't know the counterfactual result, but the importance of the information to the public seems clear.

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        1. SK‏ @SKmacro 9 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @dandrezner

          If Trump had emphasized it, the other side would never believe it.

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