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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. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2020

      The widely-shared NYT story Trump admin's meddling with the CDC has really worrying claims unsupported by the science. It should make multiple corrections. No, it is not "normal" or okay to lump everyone under 25 for COVID! Meddling is illegitimate but can't miss the science.pic.twitter.com/N9K06YopaV

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2020

      I think this paragraph got a small update (it was worse before iirc) but it is still wrong because, as corrected later, and explained by multiple scientists in the field, the South Korea study did not show that at all. It really should not be reported on like this.pic.twitter.com/knfieicwSV

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2020

      I do not take COVID lightly at all, and have been on the warning side since January but, well, yes. The direct risk to children from is comparable or less to seasonal flu. It's an important point to keep in mind. The direct risk to young kids is really that little.pic.twitter.com/JuBLlshTEJ

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2020

      And what is this sentence doing here? The first day of school has nothing to do with the school risks because nothing has happened by the first day? Who are these people? What are these buildings? Without explanation, this is just misleading and doesn't belong in this article.pic.twitter.com/9XZBalI83I

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    5. Betsy Nagler‏ @betsynagler 29 Sep 2020
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      It seems like there are many legit issues with this article, but teachers and staff were back for I believe a week before the official first day for kids. So if they can’t keep that much smaller number of people safe for that short a time, I think that does raise concerns.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2020
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      I've heard worse! There are places with remote learning where they are forcing the teachers and staff *back to the building* to remote-teach the whole semesters. WTH? The biggest risk in schools is adult-to-adult transmission.

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        1. Betsy Nagler‏ @betsynagler 29 Sep 2020
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          Well, yeah, that’s just ridiculous.

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