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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted KizzyPhD

      Interrupting your doomscrolling with more good news. As most had expected, the vaccines continue to work well against the new variants. Our problem remains producing enough of these amazing vaccines and getting them out there in arm. They are so good that we have a lot of buffer.https://twitter.com/KizzyPhD/status/1353703580679761922 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      KizzyPhDVerified account @KizzyPhD
      The neutralization teams have a message: "Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Retains Neutralizing Activity Against Emerging Variants First Identified in the U.K. and the Republic of South Africa" Sorry to those who I've been ignoring yin this regard for weeks lol https://twitter.com/moderna_tx/status/1353698953108353024?s=20 …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

      Plus, mRNA vaccines have a really fast turnaround time—if and when we need to update. I'm seeing so many people with high anxiety over things that are not really happening or are not our actual problems. Our bottleneck is logistics and justice: producing enough for the world.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

      There is a concept in sociology about institutional inertia: as things get better, it's really hard for people whose job was to work on making it better to adjust to the improvement. That's very human, and also not a bad thing: their job is to worry on our behalf. And be ready.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

      For most of us, the best thing is to stop doomscrolling over detailed discussions about what drops in neutralizing antibody titers etc. mean from Twitter threads. We gotta get through the grim winter—up your cautions— but the news about the future has been really good for months.

      5 replies 79 retweets 607 likes
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Seriously. Don't do this to yourself. The news, as it pertains to the future, has been *excellent* for months now. Up your cautions *now* to get through the worst of it—the winter—and let's work on increasing production and distribution of the vaccines. https://twitter.com/robo_tabby/status/1353714525309198336 …

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          I'm seeing *a lot* of this doom interpretation. Really, stop it. Sterilizing immunity is not something we absolutely need from our vaccines and it's something that's not that clear cut and this interpretation (that we know there's none) isn't even true. https://twitter.com/HabberleySteve/status/1353721920362074115 …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          I know people are tired but needless anxiety isn't helping us. Let's focus on getting through these months—better masks if indoors with others, more strict attention to our precautions—and the real problem: making more of thee amazing vaccines quickly & getting them out there!

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Barney Graham, MD, PhD

          Yesterday was the one year anniversary of when Dr. Corbett got the plasmids! Just two weeks after Chinese scientist Yong-Zhen Zhang defied authorities and posted the genome in an open depository! Amidst the tragedy, a lot to be amazed at and grateful for.https://twitter.com/BarneyGrahamMD/status/1353462892301934592 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Barney Graham, MD, PhD @BarneyGrahamMD
          January 24th, 2020 was the day we received the plasmids we needed to start making the spike protein which is the basis for everything related to vaccine development. Dr. Corbett @KizzyPhD was ready to get started. pic.twitter.com/sX7vn0OR7O
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Elli

          Yep, that misunderstanding/messaging distortion has been unfortunate and is tragically contributing to vaccine hesitancy (already a problem and will be more acute issue as supply catches up). These vaccines are *amazing* and the news continues to be great.https://twitter.com/elianileh/status/1353728871145873420 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Elli @elianileh
          Replying to @zeynep
          TY for speaking up on this. I can’t believe how many smart friends have said that they’re not excited about getting a vaccine “bc it doesn’t reduce transmission anyways” (which is false). The public health messaging has gotten v confused, I worry it will result in less vax uptake
          5 replies 49 retweets 322 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          I get it, we want to understand but not how it works. Stop worrying about Nab titers. That does NOT mean the vaccine is six times less effective. People whose job it is to worry about it are on it & we just got confirmation: it works against the variants. https://twitter.com/this_awful_mess/status/1353732634644512772 …

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted San Francisco Chronicle

          Plea to media: this isn't a good headline. It makes people think the vaccine is six times less effective against the new variants (FALSE!) when the news today is *excellent*: The vaccine continues to work well against the new variants. That's the headline.https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1353713545402327040 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          San Francisco ChronicleVerified account @sfchronicle
          Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected against the mutations of the virus first detected in Britain and South Africa, The Washington Post reported. But the antibodies were six times less effective at neutralizing the South African variant. https://trib.al/VGr2Vad  pic.twitter.com/5nripMGTwh
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          Groan. Also, it's the one year anniversary of this tweet of mine. Wondering about a SARS redux but... "This epidemic will take under conditions of widespread mistrust and well-oiled misinformation channels. What a challenge." ::lolsob::https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1221113440556724224 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          We don't yet know enough about Ncov19. SARS and MERS were drastically deadly. This one may or may not be. Not enough data yet for robust R0 estimates. But.. this epidemic will take under conditions of widespread mistrust and well-oiled misinformation channels. What a challenge. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1221108240605466624 …
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted NPR Politics

          What on earth is this headline? We had great news today. The Moderna vaccine continues to work well against the new variants. Could we not do this? There are actual things to worry about: producing more of these amazing vaccines and getting them out there.https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1353759421973753857 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          NPR PoliticsVerified account @nprpolitics
          Moderna Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Variant Found In South Africa https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/25/960341384/moderna-finds-covid-19-vaccine-less-effective-against-variant-found-in-south-afr?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Aidan Moher

          Yes, understandably, people are exhausted. The vaccine efficacy continues to bring excellent news, including against these variants. Getting through the winter surge remains ahead of us, as does increasing vaccine production. But things will get better.https://twitter.com/adribbleofink/status/1353824661461639168 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Aidan MoherVerified account @adribbleofink
          This is the advice I needed today. I spent the weekend worrying about all the minutiae—utterly exhausted from trying to become an armchair immunologist/virologist over the past 12 months. Great thread from @zeynep. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1353714466953834498 …
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021

          First tweet in thread, with 4000+ retweets and quote tweets. "Good and bad news." (What bad news? It was all-around excellent news). Finally, 22nd tweet with a clarification. Only 37 retweets and quote tweets. Don't do this people. Also don't get your information this way.pic.twitter.com/9jM4mOveYs

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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted François Christophe

          Are folks seeing a lot of these stories? "Warns" of "antibodies waning" despite a zillion scientists explaining that? "We don't know if vaccines curb transmission", with weak qualifiers, as a big deal? Misinterpreting yesterday's good news from Moderna?https://twitter.com/francois20009/status/1354096377505193984 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          François Christophe @francois20009
          Replying to @zeynep @lisang
          @zeynep, thanks, and could we also get your take on this FT article? Angst-inducing and perhaps overly-pessimistic, but still sounds rigorous enough to a non-expert like me. Thanks for helping us cut through the noise as always! https://www.ft.com/content/17c44c96-39f2-4ada-badd-d65815b0a521 …
          6 replies 16 retweets 129 likes
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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Jan 2021

          Try this. In the Moderna trial, NOT ONE VACCINATED PERSON GOT SEVERE COVID. In Pfizer, A SINGLE PERSON did, and it was "93% oxygen sat" but did not need hospitalization or any more medical care. That's on top of 95% efficacy in preventing *any* illness. Good place to start from!

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        14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Jan 2021

          Top of thread: "REPLAPSE". Gets ~4000 retweets. Thirteen tweets later... "To be clear." "In mice." WebMD. 15 Retweets. Copy-paste from researcher—and even that's cherry-picked—not contextualization of findings or independent evaluation. No way to present a study or be informed.pic.twitter.com/Ch1RsObcrY

          11 replies 44 retweets 255 likes
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        15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Jan 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Lander Foquet

          More.https://twitter.com/lfoquet/status/1354551760342245377 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Dr. Lander Foquet @lfoquet
          Replying to @zeynep
          Yup! The issue is not just that @justsaysinmice, but genetically modified mice created to express the entry receptor for this virus. If you suddenly have hACE2 expression in the brain, of course you'll have a better chance at detecting infection there: https://twitter.com/lfoquet/status/1354220928519925763 …
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