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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. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @stgoldst and

      I agree with that, but it's not just an individual communicating the nuances. It's *most* experts interviewed on the topic. What data do you have that this message is not getting out there, other than anti-vaxxers being predictably loud about it?

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @angie_rasmussen @stgoldst and

      Part of what I do is monitor the public conversation around these topics, both because I'm out there writing and also because studying the public sphere/information ecology is what I do (well used to do more of!) before the pandemic.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @angie_rasmussen and

      The reasons I keep urging individuals is that the top-down messaging is already not great, and media/social media swung from denialism to alarmism (NYT sent a push alert for a single adverse event yesterday), and people *are* confused.

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    4. John Drazan‏ @Sports2STEM 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @angie_rasmussen and

      This challenge seems to be coming from a ton of different sources and scientists communicating what their expertise is pretty far down the line. Scientists did not force the NYT to issue a push notification on a single adverse event.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Sports2STEM @angie_rasmussen and

      No, but that's what we're facing. I'm describing what's out there.

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    6. John Drazan‏ @Sports2STEM 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @angie_rasmussen and

      Got it. As a non-ID scientist, I am just frustrated to see ID folks get criticized on messaging (not by you). There is so much "science as politics" coverage where valid scientific uncertainty or disagreement is covered in the same way as "Dems in disarray!" IDK what we can do.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Sports2STEM @angie_rasmussen and

      We are where we are. Ideally, individuals would not be in this position, of having to communicate this much, directly, with the public. But they are, so what's out there really matters, and this point over infectiousness has become an issue.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Sports2STEM and

      In studying misinformation, there is something called a "data void"—it's a thing you don't have credible info on, because it's not a credible thing. But if you don't counter it, it can spread, unchecked because there's no counter-messaging. This is adjacent to that.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Sports2STEM and

      Mass shooters puts such terms in their manifestos, for example—to get young folks googling. All you encounter is their version.

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Sports2STEM and

      Adjacent conceptual problem. We have traditional (and credible) messaging on "keep on masking for now" (imo, a little overeager but not a problem on its own.) However, this is not happening in a void—the "no transmission benefit so why bother" is being aggressively pushed.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Sports2STEM and

      And once again, I *praised* an article for putting more data and context on the knowns and unknowns on this question because I think people are looking at their own environment and missing that part. There is no need to circle the wagons, because, yes the whole set-up sucks.

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        1. John Drazan‏ @Sports2STEM 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @angie_rasmussen and

          Your work and writing has been consistently excellent through the pandemic. I shared your article today on "hanging on" with my extended family to try to keep them informed.

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