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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. Dara Kass, MD‏Verified account @darakass 31 Dec 2020

      Dara Kass, MD Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Yes, our system is broken. We need more/ better testing. People need doctors, and better healthcare “Bubbles” are imperfect. But NONE of that can be corrected in the next 20 days. So “be smarter” and “learn from our mistakes” are the best we got today.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1344668764483235841 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      This thread ends with "be smarter" but every stage is societal, not individual and the rapid test is the *best* part, not the problem. The family goes to work unmasked, has large "bubble", employs older nanny with no primary care doctor & own kids. Problem isn't the living room. https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1343754550562459648 …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Dec 2020
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      I don't think we are disagreeing on that. But we've set people up to fail. The nanny has no option to be "smarter" here. That family has no bubble (real bubbles are so hard to sustain). Do the best we can given all this: I totally agree. But it doesn't work for a reason.

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        2. Dara Kass, MD‏Verified account @darakass 31 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Of course people have been set up to fail. The point remains, learn what we can and be better tomorrow, where we can. Small choices add up, in both directions. This nanny was the last (+). THAT was because of testing, isolation and education. Let’s focus on that.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Dec 2020
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          Again, I don't disagree that people should try to do the best they can, but I think I disagree here: The small choices aren't adding up much because many people don't have good choices available. Within that framework, sure we should strive to do our best, and I note that.

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        2. Seth Trueger‏Verified account @MDaware 31 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @darakass

          it is so, so tragic that we have to rely on individual responsibility here for what is clearly a societal challenge and we are only here because the Trump admin et al abdicated a reasonable societal response

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Dec 2020
          Replying to @MDaware @darakass

          Right. We tell people to do this, do that but really, most of it is not very doable, and people don't have the choices or the tools. I mean, yes, I do the same thing—tell people to do this or that—and try myself, too, no disagreement. But it doesn't work well because it can't.

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        1. worldclassLFC‏ @kindenough2018 31 Dec 2020
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          We have been talking about at home testing since summer @michaelmina_lab

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