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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 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.

      10 replies 186 retweets 1,108 likes
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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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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!

      4 replies 42 retweets 438 likes
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    8. 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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    9. Ersatz Vicuna Trousers‏ @FirmScwaz 25 Jan 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @FrankBednarz

      Do we know what’s become of Dr. Yong-Zhen Zhang?

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    10. EIFY‏ @EIFY 25 Jan 2021
      Replying to @FirmScwaz @zeynep @FrankBednarz

      He is fine. In fact, he never "defied authorities" or got punished🤷🏻‍♂️https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/ …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Jan 2021
      Replying to @EIFY @FirmScwaz @FrankBednarz

      "Also, Zhang’s lab was probed by Chinese authorities for “rectification,” an obscure term to imply some malfeasance." His lab was shut down. Yes, we are very lucky that his significance was recognized and he's allowed to continue working.

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        2. EIFY‏ @EIFY 25 Jan 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @FirmScwaz @FrankBednarz

          'Maybe they couldn’t understand how we obtained the genome sequence so fast,” says Zhang. “Maybe they didn’t fully believe our genome. So, I think it’s normal for the authorities to check our lab, our protocols.”'

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        3. EIFY‏ @EIFY 25 Jan 2021
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          'Yet Zhang denies reports in Western media that his laboratory suffered any prolonged closure, and instead says it was working furiously during the early days of the outbreak. “From late January to April, we screened more than 30,000 viral samples,” says Fan Wu (...)'

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