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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 30 Nov 2020

      I wrote about the Chinese scientist who kick-started it all by publishing the SARS-CoV-2 sequence in an open repository on January 10th—without waiting for authorization. Two days later, Moderna had the vaccine. Just ten months later, we have a vaccine.https://zeynep.substack.com/p/the-pandemic-heroes-who-gave-us-the …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Nov 2020

      American health-care workers may soon get a vaccine that has shown 94% efficacy in trials. To understand magnitude of this achievement, remember that even 18 months was considered a ridiculously optimistic vaccine timeline. Without that sequence, it couldn't get started.pic.twitter.com/3TGOMDI3AH

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        2. Fyodor‏ @Fyodor32768 30 Nov 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          It's not clear to me that the quote from the article was referring to a vaccine at all or mass availability.

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        3. David Ridley‏ @RidleyDM 30 Nov 2020
          Replying to @Fyodor32768 @zeynep

          Hotez was on record early in all this talking about how 12-18 months would be completely unprecedented and we should be prepared for it to take longer. I don't think additional time to mass availability even factored in.

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        1. Jenny Teehan, MD‏ @MADDMAAM 30 Nov 2020
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          No one will lose money betting on the lunacy of the followers of the right wing American media machine, which aided the virus in its spread. More cases faster and farther than even Pfizer or moderna modeled 😫

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        1. Ari Jankelowitz‏ @ajankelo 30 Nov 2020
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          I hope healthcare workers include those that work in nursing homes. Especially those that work in multiple facilities.

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        2. Richard Brynj ó l f s s o n‏ @sillygwailo 30 Nov 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          I recently looked again at the timelines that the New York Times presented at the end of April, and it feels like ancient history. That said, I’d love to see a follow-up comparing the timelines, compressed and otherwise, with the current vaccine status.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html …

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        3. Dr. The unified self is just my MacGuffin.‏ @GregCfollows 1 Dec 2020
          Replying to @sillygwailo @zeynep

          “Researchers at Oxford announced this week that their coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use by September if trials prove successful.” So about right. We were very lucky mRNA vaccines worked.

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        2. Clueless Troll‏ @CluelessTroll 30 Nov 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          I don't see the word "ridiculously" anywhere in that snippet...

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        1. Douglas Frank‏ @dpfrank07 30 Nov 2020
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          Important to note it's not tested broadly, especially on children. But fingers crossed.

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        1. Don Park‏ @donpark 1 Dec 2020
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          Are you saying we'd not have had vaccines without that sequence being shared? Do we have a coronavirus shortage or is China the only country that can find the sequence? I'm having difficulty understanding your point.

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