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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 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @EricTopol @sangerkatz and

      I have a different interpretation. It's a profound failure of public health that ordinary people have to think like an epidemiologist, or, if they can't the implication is that they aren't "smart". They should have had actionable guidance and information, not need being "smart."

      10 replies 32 retweets 269 likes
    2. Eric Topol‏Verified account @EricTopol 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @sangerkatz and

      Agree, @zeynep But all did have actionable guidance with a substantial proportion rejecting it, in denial, preferentially following influencers promoting anti-science

      8 replies 2 retweets 30 likes
    3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @EricTopol @zeynep and

      That chart has some odd stuff on it. A higher percentage of epidemiologists got or would have gotten a haircut in a salon than would've let little kids have outdoor play dates? That seems very peculiar.

      3 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
    4. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @EricTopol and

      Why? Protecting their kids more imp than getting a haircut

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stellapenelope3 @JamesSurowiecki and

      Not letting kids play even outdoors is harming the kids, not protecting them.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @JamesSurowiecki and

      Take up your argument with the epidemiologists here, who apparently think risk of play not worth the benefit

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stellapenelope3 @JamesSurowiecki and

      For months, many epidemiologists argued against masks saying they would give people a false sense of security etc. I've taken it up with them, then, too.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @JamesSurowiecki and

      Do “many” epidemiologists still say masks create false sense of security?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stellapenelope3 @JamesSurowiecki and

      No, lots of us took it up with them, as we now should with anyone who says outdoor play for kids is to be advised against.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @JamesSurowiecki and

      May i ask who is the “us” of which you speak that changed epidemiologists reccos on masks?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Dec 2020
      Replying to @stellapenelope3

      For a while, it was pretty lonely but others joined in with time and got both the CDC and the WHO to start recommending masks. Feel free to look up my work.

      9:43 AM - 5 Dec 2020
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        2. stella&penelope‏ @stellapenelope3 5 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Hmmm, I note a pivot. No answer re “us.” I understood the lag in recco masking in US was due to the shortage of PPE/masks, to protect supply for HC workers. Anyway I found the article interesting

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Dec 2020
          Replying to @stellapenelope3

          https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/business/media/how-zeynep-tufekci-keeps-getting-the-big-things-right.html …

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