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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 2 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brian Stelter

      Cluster. K. Overdispersion. Airborne. Backward tracing. (Words and concepts we need the talk more about.)https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1312079653486632961 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Brian StelterVerified account @brianstelter
      News: I have obtained a memo from the @WHCA board to WH reporters with word of "two additional cases of COVID-19 at the White House." A journalist received a preliminary positive result. And a WH staffer who sits in the "lower press" area received a confirmed positive result.
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      11 replies 77 retweets 338 likes
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Greg Dworkin

      Yes, finally! For details on why this is important, see my article on aerosol/airborne transmission. https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/614737/ …https://twitter.com/DemFromCT/status/1312131078157524992 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Greg DworkinVerified account @DemFromCT
      notice that Biden is delivering the speech with a mask that's how it should be. The speaker is the one aerosolizing. @zeynep
      7 replies 63 retweets 309 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Robert Costa

      Cluster. It was bound to happen.https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1312085226370334720 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Robert CostaVerified account @costareports
      Per 2 WH officials and a conservative ally outside the WH who was present, there were at least two private gatherings/receptions last Sat. around ACB announcement, one in the Cabinet room and another in Diplomatic Reception Room. Very little distancing, few masks. Lots of VIPs.
      5 replies 55 retweets 277 likes
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kellyanne Conway

      A superspreading event. They have to trace this back asap.https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1312214949658152960 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Kellyanne ConwayVerified account @KellyannePolls
      Tonight I tested positive for COVID-19. My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I’m feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians. As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic. ❤️
      12 replies 125 retweets 455 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted HowardKurtz

      There was an indoor component to the event. But we definitely need more information. More in the cluster.https://twitter.com/HowardKurtz/status/1312200574067068930 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      HowardKurtzVerified account @HowardKurtz
      Three White House reporters, including my old colleague Mike Shear of the NYT, have tested positive for the virus. They have either traveled with Trump or covered WH events with crowds of mostly unmasked people
      9 replies 24 retweets 217 likes
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ed O'Keefe

      One more senator. This is how a cluster works, and these people are tested heavily. Imagine this cluster without access to testing, igniting more clusters. That’s the catastrophic process my article has been trying to explain, and the one we should gear up to avoid.https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1312378700818722822 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ed O'KeefeVerified account @edokeefe
      JUST IN: @SenRonJohnson tests positive for #COVID19, his office says: pic.twitter.com/McjM4G1wHu
      8 replies 122 retweets 413 likes
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Max Roser

      If UK was late to notice because they ran out of columns in EXCEL, this is an indescribable failure. Excel screw-ups are known & numerous. No researcher should rely on Excel. Plus, with overdispersion, late is catastrophic because clusters ignite clusters.https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Max RoserVerified account @MaxCRoser
      In the UK the number of cases rose rapidly. But the public – and authorities – are only learning this now because these cases were only published now as a backlog. The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum. pic.twitter.com/X4a8keSEHK
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    8. Chris Applegate‏Verified account @chrisapplegate 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      The claim in the Tweet (ran out of columns) does not match what is in the text of the article (file size was too big)

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @chrisapplegate

      Yeah reading up now, but both are inexcusable. One does not do data analytics like this in Excel. There are so many other appropriate tools.

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    10. Chris Applegate‏Verified account @chrisapplegate 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      My reading is Excel (or more likely CSV) is being used as the transport format for test centres to export their data to the Govt's central database, rather than what the database itself is running on

      2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @chrisapplegate

      It does sound like file size limit. And it sounds like it was more than about exporting files: "The technical issue has now been resolved by splitting the Excel files into batches."pic.twitter.com/jamenf89Fy

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        1. eevie-beevie‏ @eviebeevie 5 Oct 2020
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          there are just so many questions

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