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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 9 Dec 2020

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      So frustrating. It’s December and Americans still do not have a reliable method for getting higher-grade masks. In North Carolina, Food Lion sells KN95 masks registered with the FDA. I can’t vouch for anything else. People are at the mercy of scammers. We need a certified supply. https://twitter.com/kieniastrees/status/1336665669232979975 …

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    2. ◈ Abe Burmeister‏ @abe1x 9 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      Just buy Barrière, best medical grade masks around:https://www.mybarriere.com 

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Dec 2020
      Replying to @abe1x

      Yikes Those are just very very very very expensive surgical masks. Lowest grade, too—ATSM 1. That’s exactly what I mean people are not keeping given the proper guidance. Those are not N95 or KN95 equivalents. You can buy ATSM 1 much much cheaper without the fancy pants marketing.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Dec 2020
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      Those are so far from “best medical grade” that it makes me weep that people pay so much for them.

      1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
    5. ◈ Abe Burmeister‏ @abe1x 9 Dec 2020
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      You are a sociologist, cheap medical grade masks make people feel cheap. The filtration materials the same, but using higher quality, softer more comfortable, materials makes the human experience of wearing them better and more acceptable

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Dec 2020
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      People don’t need to be scammed out of three dollars for the lowest grade surgical mask that they can buy for pennies so as not to “feel cheap”. That website made me feel dirty. Terrible to do this to people now.

      6:09 AM - 9 Dec 2020
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        2. ◈ Abe Burmeister‏ @abe1x 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          This is such backwards thinking, the N95 standard is only 10% more effective at filtering than the medical standard *if* it fits right. You don’t see anyone in Japan wearing N95s. Making medical grade masks more comfortable and socially acceptable is where the real gains are

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        3. 1boringyoungman‏ @1boring_ym 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @abe1x @zeynep

          “10% more effective” Could you clarify? E.g. if 10 people wearing surgical masks in a small badly ventilated indoor space for hours around an unmasked super-spreading individual who is positive, then if all 10 were infected wearing surgical, 9 would be infected wearing N95s?

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