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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. Deepta Bhattacharya‏ @deeptabhattacha 17 Dec 2020

      Deepta Bhattacharya Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Yes! Be straight with the public about what we actually expect, why, and the level of uncertainty around it. Better than open-ended uncertainty where too often the worst case is heavily weighted, even when it is unlikely. It depresses people and leads them to give up.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1339560004676956160 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Did you try and fail to to convince your elderly relatives to avoid holiday gatherings? I have a suggestion. Propose waiting until March. Things are grim now so it's a horrid time to get sick but the US could experience a dramatic turnaround. Hope is real. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/wait-until-march/617410/ … pic.twitter.com/RE8QhETaDd
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @deeptabhattacha

      Thank you. It's driving me nuts that we have the most hopeful news we've had since the beginning in the last month, and have managed to wrap it up in pessimism and unwarranted doomsaying (rather than the actual state of knowledge and caution!).

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        2. Julian‏ @julianlewis2012 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @deeptabhattacha

          It’s been a brutal whipsaw for those of us living with anxiety.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @julianlewis2012 @deeptabhattacha

          I'm sorry. But for real, the good news is very good news. Yes, we need to wait a bit to know more, but these vaccines are beyond our initial hopes, and the rollout has started.

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        1. Carlo Dallapiccola‏ @CarloDallapicc1 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @deeptabhattacha

          Part and parcel of this is that we must deliver the message that an elderly person who has been vaccinated *can* safely socialize with family members. Thus far, that is *not* the PH message that is going out. Instead: "even if you've been vaccinated, you should continue to..."

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        1. Nicholas Weaver‏Verified account @ncweaver 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @deeptabhattacha

          Agreed. And it is such a powerfully good message to share. The reaction from my students that "yeah, spring semester is going to be the same )@*#*, but fall will be normal and I think the University pulled the trigger too early making summer virtual..." is very good.

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        1. Yochanan Rivkin‏ @rabbitulane 17 Dec 2020
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          The precautionary principle should be taken out and shot.

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        1. Kristina Jovanovski‏Verified account @kjovano 17 Dec 2020
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          "too often the worst case is heavily weighted" - very true. This is also the fault of journalists and how news works.

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