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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 Jan 2021

      I put a lot on the line, personally, to advocate for mask-wearing when it wasn't US or global policy and spent an enormous amount of my life last year on trying to increase mask wearing AND I DEEPLY HATE THIS MESSAGE—with 44k retweets😱—BECAUSE IT IS WRONG AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.pic.twitter.com/l3UcG7lJud

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Joe Cressy

      Are any of these smug, condescending people looking at the statistics? Most victims are the elderly or "frontline essential workers"—poor people, people of color—and masks are great but aren't a magic wand against all risk, including in-home transmission.https://twitter.com/joe_cressy/status/1347298438422147072 …

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      Joe CressyVerified account @joe_cressy
      50% of Toronto’s cases are people on low income and 78% are people of colour. 60% of Toronto’s workplace outbreaks have been in frontline food processing, manufacturing, warehouse settings. If the Province & Feds are serious about beating COVID, they’ll provide sick leave now.
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jan 2021

          Same goes for the "just stay at home" crowd. Yes *of course* avoid being indoors with others if possible, but if one is "just staying at home" while someone *else* is taking all the risk to make society work and drop food at your door, the least one can do is not be so smug.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Linch

          That is mostly what happened, and it's incredible that it's happened so fast. I'm now afraid we will learn nothing from all this. I'm furious on all our behalf, little good it will do.https://twitter.com/LinchZhang/status/1348703610222219264 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Linch @LinchZhang
          Replying to @zeynep
          I'm moderately impressed by the general take that kinda coalesced among the intelligentsia of "(Western) governments and experts did everything right but the proles just won't listen and this is why things are as bad as they are." Seems to be somewhat distant from reality.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted I Need a Boo Name

          This is exactly what's happening. The least, least we can do is not join the condescending chorus.https://twitter.com/warybear/status/1348706241061806083 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          I Need a Boo Name @warybear
          Replying to @mcookKS @zeynep
          yup, one of the worst aspects of people correctly understanding that masks HELP (not fully prevent) is powerful people using it as a means to displace responsibility and blame onto low-power people.
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jan 2021

          Remember this by @MackayIM? Much of this is not equally possible for everyone BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ZOOM TO WORK like, I suspect, much of the the condescending chorus and the people in power who have failed us. A glimpse at the statistics of actual victims makes this so clear.pic.twitter.com/93BpFpjKNm

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        2. Jenne Raub‏ @jenneraub 11 Jan 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Thank you for saying this. My understanding with masks was that they might help reduce SOME transmission, not all of it, and that since we had no vaccine or even any known helpful treatments back in the spring, they were better than nothing.

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        3. Jenne Raub‏ @jenneraub 11 Jan 2021
          Replying to @jenneraub @zeynep

          To me, the logic was: masks might help reduce anywhere from 30-80% of new cases (not all transmission) or reduce how sick you might get. They cost virtually nothing except a temporary inconvenience that might make a decent impact on reducing (not eliminating) spread).

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        1. NYC Angry Mom‏ @angrybklynmom 11 Jan 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          The fact that this needs to be said. It is like screaming into the abyss. "JUST STAY HOME" only works if you can "just stay home". Just like closing schools doesn't mean that kids are home. It just means you have made it 10x harder for their parents to find a place for them.

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        1. TJ-TheJolteonMaster‏ @TJolteonMaster 11 Jan 2021
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          Plus, what help did disabled people get in finding accessible masks? Nada, zilch. We had to figure that sh*t out by trial & error, no keywords to search, and little to no guidance from doctors, which lead to an absurd amount of money spent on shipping.

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