Cluster. K. Overdispersion. Airborne. Backward tracing. (Words and concepts we need the talk more about.)https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1312079653486632961 …
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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 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Robert Costa
Cluster. It was bound to happen.https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1312085226370334720 …
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Robert CostaVerified account @costareportsPer 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 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kellyanne Conway
A superspreading event. They have to trace this back asap.https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1312214949658152960 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Max RoserVerified account @MaxCRoserIn 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/X4a8keSEHKShow this thread10 replies 75 retweets 252 likesShow this thread -
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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)
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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.
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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
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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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