Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
zeynep's profile
zeynep tufekci
zeynep tufekci
zeynep tufekci
Verified account
@zeynep

Tweets

zeynep tufekciVerified account

@zeynep

Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

floating in a most peculiar way
theinsight.org
Joined August 2009

Tweets

  • © 2022 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      As of October 25, 2020, COVID19 has killed over 1.1 million people in the world so far (that we know of). https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  8/

      17 replies 17 retweets 145 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      The pandemic will rage for at least another year (and the SARS-CoV-2 virus will circulate in our species forever). Deaths in the USA will likely exceed 500,000 before the end of its course through American society (even with a vaccine). 9/

      12 replies 95 retweets 395 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      Other experts (tentatively) contemplate figures as high as 1,000,000 (https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27043/w27043.pdf …) or 625,000 (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771764 …). I don’t think these high counts of deaths are inconceivable, alas, especially given our poor management of the pandemic. 10/

      4 replies 23 retweets 164 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      Worldwide deaths could be well higher than 5,000,000 over a 2-3 year period. Many millions more could be pushed into abject poverty. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/11/covid-19-could-push-100-million-more-people-into-poverty-feature/ … via @NatGeo 11/

      2 replies 31 retweets 179 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      But just imagine if COVID-19 had been still deadlier! It could have been. There is no god-given reason it is not. Nor is there any reason that the next worldwide respiratory pandemic (which recur every decade or two) will not be worse, and it could happen at any time. 12/pic.twitter.com/TuO2ErZK22

      8 replies 43 retweets 260 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      Many viruses have much higher CFR’s than SARS-CoV-2 (as do other pathogens). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates … 13/pic.twitter.com/z3wxiK9Itx

      11 replies 20 retweets 195 likes
      Show this thread
    7. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      It is truly scary to imagine what it would have been like if SARS-CoV-2 had been deadlier. The other recent epidemics with novel coronaviruses (SARS in 2003, MERS in 2012) have indeed been deadlier; but they had much more limited spread for various epidemiological reasons. 14/

      9 replies 20 retweets 204 likes
      Show this thread
    8. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      The coronavirus SARS-1 was 10 times deadlier on a CFR basis (though the story is more subtle than that (as discussed in https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2020/08/10/nicholas-christakis-on-fighting-covid-19-by-truly-understanding-the-virus … , and see also in Chapter 2 of #APOLLOSARROW). And the coronavirus MERS was 30 times deadlier. 15/

      2 replies 17 retweets 151 likes
      Show this thread
    9. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      In fact, in some ways, the relative *mildness* of COVID-19 has made it harder to address. Many people do not take it seriously enough. If the lethality had been higher and more consistent (like cholera, smallpox, or bubonic plague) we'd surely be taking it more seriously. 16/

      12 replies 54 retweets 360 likes
      Show this thread
    10. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020

      In fact, if the disease simply had the 35% lethality of MERS (another recent novel coronavirus) and the transmissibility and attack rate of SARS-CoV-2, we would be facing a worldwide situation almost as bad as the bubonic plague of the Medieval period. 17/

      13 replies 68 retweets 385 likes
      Show this thread
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @NAChristakis

      pic.twitter.com/Pl2i1xlWGh

      1:12 PM - 25 Oct 2020
      • 1 Retweet
      • 33 Likes
      • hbd chick Michael Anes Anonymous User Donnie Reilly Drew Condon Two Chris Patterson Fumbles McGee
      3 replies 1 retweet 33 likes
        1. New conversation
        2. Matt Civico‏ @mattCivico 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

          There’s almost certainly a perception gap (not to mention the informational multiverses of the social web) caused by the fact that most people don’t see others getting sick, struggling, and then dying. It’s a pandemic perfectly suited to exploit our mistrust.

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        3. Ayse Tezcan  🐬‏ @aztezcan 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @mattCivico @zeynep @NAChristakis

          One of the factors impacted response to hiv/aids pandemic was our watching in despair so many young ppl suffered until they succumbed to deaths.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Great minds think alike. All discussed in #APOLLOSARROW. ;-)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Connection Doctor, Empathy Guru‏ @PezeshkiCharles 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @NAChristakis @zeynep

          Totally agree. If it were bad -- we'd be screwed. What we're suffering is a memetic disease. But it's not the first time. See this piece: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria …

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. End of conversation
        1. Mohammed Azzahrani‏ @mazzahrani 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

          Is this a review article Dr Tufekci?

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
          Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
          Undo

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2022 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info