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 …
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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 …
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NPR PoliticsVerified account @nprpoliticsModerna 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 …16 replies 131 retweets 682 likesShow this thread -
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 …
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Aidan MoherVerified account @adribbleofinkThis 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 …5 replies 28 retweets 218 likesShow this thread -
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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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 …
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François Christophe @francois20009Replying 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 likesShow this thread -
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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Replying to @zeynep
Stick to the outline: 1. Gold standard evidence 2. Efficacy close to very best vaccines ever tested 3. Virtually eliminated risk of bad outcome 4. Extremely safe 5. Society’s ticket back to normality ... ... A few caveats that are mostly theoretical
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Reading the news, you'd think we have failing vaccines. Moderna starting to work on potential booster is presented as evidence of failure rather than, wow, ahead of the game already. (What I want to read is how do we quadruple production!)
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Still a Tegnell Stan 😀 💉 💉 Retweeted
Long as you guys are debunking stuff, this could use some attention https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1354045189678104576?s=19 …
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