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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 11 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted The New York Times

      This is amazing. December 2020. As late as this April, people—including Dr. Fauci—thought 18 months was probably too optimistic a timeline for vaccines. And we’d have been thrilled with ones much less efficacious than these. And multiple ones are in the pipeline. It is a triumph.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1337582860908326912 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      The New York TimesVerified account @nytimes
      Breaking News: The FDA authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, clearing the way for millions of highly vulnerable Americans to get it within days. https://nyti.ms/3qRHk79  pic.twitter.com/LWCFjiegvY
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    2. Patrick Ruffini‏Verified account @PatrickRuffini 12 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      The actual vaccine was developed in a week. That’s the miracle. The rest was testing and approval. I’m not sure we should congratulate ourselves on the bureaucracy moving a little faster than normal.

      2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Dec 2020
      Replying to @PatrickRuffini

      But that week didn’t happen by accident! There’s a biomedical revolution going on. The sad part is that an unchecked epidemic allowed for faster trials. That had much more of an impact than the minor bureaucratic speed up.

      1 reply 1 retweet 32 likes
    4. Patrick Ruffini‏Verified account @PatrickRuffini 12 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      Human challenge trials could have sped this up by 6 months or more

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Dec 2020
      Replying to @PatrickRuffini

      There are scientific reasons human challenge trials would not have worked well. There’s also representation issues that would’ve been a huge challenge afterwards. Also the high-risk groups, the ones that need the vaccine most, are the ones you can’t really do human challenges on.

      8:23 AM - 12 Dec 2020
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @PatrickRuffini

          I’m not completely against the idea but in this case, it was not a good idea on the merits.

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        3. Thomas Attila Lewis‏ @tomdog 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @PatrickRuffini

          We don’t know how long the immune response lasts and no stability study has been performed on this vaccine. If it saves our medical workers I’m all for it but they may have to be reinoculated every 6 months

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        2. davidlee‏ @davidlee 12 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @PatrickRuffini

          This is post-worthy! I’m sure you could explain all of this clearly. (I’m on the other side and would love to read it)

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Dec 2020
          Replying to @davidlee @PatrickRuffini

          Thank you. I’ll write longer when I get a chance.

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