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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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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Trevor Bedford

    Dear journalists and 🚨-tweeters, please don't write definitive sounding stuff from single studies—especially when the claim is bold—without waiting for the scientific community to react and also without noting limitations the *authors* point out themselves. It's been ten months!https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1333647449987063809 …

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    Trevor BedfordVerified account @trvrb
    The authors highlight the study's limitation due to "potential cross reactivity with human common coronavirus infection" in the paper's discussion, but it unfortunately didn't make it into the @WSJ story (https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-likely-in-u-s-in-mid-december-2019-cdc-scientists-report-11606782449 …). 9/10
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020

        There's been *so much* damage from media outlets rushing to publish definitive sounding articles with bold headlines from what are kinda-maybe-let's see articles or papers with issues that soon get interpreted better—and then all the sensationalist twitter accounts amplifying it.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020

        It's been ten months. Just stop please. The bolder the claim, the more time, context and evaluation is necessary. People are quick to spot other kinds of misinformation problems *over there* but this one is widespread *over here* among people who believe they are not misinformed.

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      1. Dan Husko‏ @DHusko23 1 Dec 2020
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        Doesnt this also just not pass a simple logic test knowing what we know about time period from spread to incubation to hospitalization on a mass scale?

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      2. Fossa‏ @falanouc 1 Dec 2020
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        Why only journalist and ✳️Tweeters? Sounds like generally sound advice.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Dec 2020
        Replying to @falanouc

        People rely on journalists/media to sort through the studies. The 🚨-tweeters greatly contribute to the problem. But yes, it's generally good advice but it's not the role of the general public to keep up with a lit review on a specialized topic!

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      1. Dak (David A. Keldsen)‏ @d_a_keldsen 1 Dec 2020
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        Please, also: do not put out headlines, EVER, on studies that are based on p (significance) alone as “significant.” It usually doesn’t mean much at all. A better phrase would be “may have detected a relationship.” We need effect size and replication before it means anything.

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      1. T. K. Rengarajan  🇺🇸‏ @trengarajan 1 Dec 2020
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        Journalists and twitterati thrive on “breaking news” and “hot takes” respectively for both reputation and profit. Sedate established view doesn’t sell. We’re now spanning the full spectrum from “news fit to print” to tabloids. It seems this bias is deeply entrenched.

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      1. comeonpeoplenow‏ @clsouthardco 1 Dec 2020
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        It’s unclear to me why reputable publications don’t have science editors who review and amend these stories to represent what is actually known - and unknown. And have input on the headlines. It’s shameful. And harmful.

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      2. Shampodin‏ @Bladtman 1 Dec 2020
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        This will never happen. It's not that they don't know not to do this, it's that they don't care.

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