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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 17 Dec 2020

      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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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020

      Yesterday, we broke terrible record after terrible record. Most deaths. Most hospitalized. Hospitals are under strain, healthcare workers exhausted. Cases are up. But the vaccine news is better than we'd hoped for and it's here. Never been a stronger case to wait.. just a bit.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020

      Just a little aside. Twitter is recommending people to follow and "COVID-19", as a topic. Who is recommended? A most sensationalist, alarmist tweeter who gets a lot of attention but is not so good on accuracy or balanced explanations. I'm sure his engagement numbers are up!

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020

      It's like this all over now. Social, traditional... Yesterday, the NYT sent a push alert for a *single* allergic reaction to the vaccine. There is doomsaying pundits who never change their message in response to evidence on one side, and the dismissive denialists on the other.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020

      Of course people are tired and confused. The failure to explain what's going on is profound and multi-level. We needed level-headed, realistic, nuanced and communication that changed as things changed from the start and we did not really get that.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Richard Robbins

      I've been hearing exactly this. That people get close to convincing their family to postpone gathering now, but the roadblock is they're not sure if they will all have time off. What if @JoeBiden proposed a Federal holiday—say around Easter in early April?https://twitter.com/rich1/status/1339570120830685184 …

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      Richard Robbins @rich1
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      On this, @JoeBiden could have great impact today. One reason families gather for the holidays is people get the week off work and school. Biden could promise a week-long national holiday this summer as incentive for postponing family gatherings (a marshmallow for those who wait).
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        2. CATALINA SCHOOL BONDS‏ @EGettier 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @JoeBiden

          Christmas in July. Easter is still too early

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        3. J‏ @jakehteach 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @EGettier @zeynep @JoeBiden

          4th of July week!

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        1. Kat Bell‏ @BettyBe58261781 17 Dec 2020
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          Might be better at schools end. Say end of May or June

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        1. Avi Zenilman‏ @avizvizenilman 17 Dec 2020
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          THIS IS THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF HANNUKAH

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        1. SwmpLady (aka Shari)‏ @SwmpladySH 17 Dec 2020
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          What a fabulous idea!!

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        1. 𝒌𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓‏ @radiokeller 17 Dec 2020
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          could really easily backfire if things are still bad. the 100 days of masking already worries me enough

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        1. Ramar‏ @Duvisited 17 Dec 2020
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          You really think this administration is going to leave in place an apparatus competent enough to make real progress by April 4? Seems wildly unrealistic.

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        1. Misgivings #3‏ @lacunalingua_3 17 Dec 2020
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          That would be helpful

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        1. fiona fund‏ @wallstwife 17 Dec 2020
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          Lots of jobs give you the day off for funerals

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        2. Alan‏ @akgerber 17 Dec 2020
          Replying to @Maxtropolitan @zeynep @JoeBiden

          make Christmas in July more than just a marketing gimmick!

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