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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. Dr. Saskia Popescu‏Verified account @SaskiaPopescu 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @angie_rasmussen

      I think the issue is that we focused on singular comms and not the additive nature of risk reduction. @samhorwich’s point is spot on too. In an effort to make the comms easy, it can be very specific and fails to explain the reasoning behind it.

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    2. Jeremy Chrysler‏ @jeremychrysler 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @SaskiaPopescu @zeynep and

      Having 20% of the population actively rebelling against comms and actions that prevent transmission makes the job much harder.

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @jeremychrysler @SaskiaPopescu and

      It sure does. Which is why using straightforward, specific terminology to communicate recommendations is essential to providing clear, comprehensible guidance.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    4. MaximusDerrick‏ @misguidedsoul7 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @angie_rasmussen @jeremychrysler and

      This was @GovMurphy on Nov 11, regarding dining bubbles. It is still the guidance.. they are "allowed." While it's not a recommendation to go, it is imo sending the wrong message about ventilation, and I'm sure he consulted with PHP, but this messaging is not goodpic.twitter.com/8RJfnlXYSq

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @misguidedsoul7 @angie_rasmussen and

      Yep. Terrible. But hard to blame political authorities and the public when public health authorities have botched the communication part. People following the right scientists on Twitter may get it, but not so for the public.

      5 replies 3 retweets 23 likes
    6. covid is airborne‏ @cbr160 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @misguidedsoul7 and

      I live in CT & I listen to Cuomo & Lamont daily updates. Both emphasize mask wearing & often make it sound like masks alone are enough. I’ve told teacher friends to add air purifiers to class rooms & they all say that’s not in guidance but lots of cleaning of surfaces is.

      2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @cbr160 @misguidedsoul7 and

      Yeah same pretty much everywhere. Terrible failure.

      2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    8. Sam Horwich‏ @samhorwich 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @cbr160 and

      Just pointing out that improving ventilation is not the same thing as using air purifiers. I'm not against mandating purifiers in schools, because they have many benefits beyond Covid, but if you're asking people to follow the science this is not evidence-based

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    9. Sam Horwich‏ @samhorwich 30 Nov 2020
      Replying to @samhorwich @zeynep and

      I would love to see a nicely done RCT on air purifiers in schools, not just for Covid but other respiratory illnesses, but some experimental studies would be needed to make such a sweeping requirement

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020
      Replying to @samhorwich @cbr160 and

      There are prior studies (not in this pandemic, unfortunately and I would have liked some, too) and there is other evidence! Plus as you say, HEPA is good for a other reasons as well and hence a recommendation is reasonable and evidence-based though open windows is better.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @samhorwich and

      It is also not that expensive—in context—and generally a positive given the broad health benefits that seem pretty-well established. Don't get me wrong, I'd have really *loved* an RCT in this pandemic as well, but that's not the only kind of evidence needed for recommendations.

      5:37 AM - 1 Dec 2020
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