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 …
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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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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 …
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San Francisco ChronicleVerified account @sfchronicleModerna’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/5nripMGTwh12 replies 143 retweets 508 likesShow this thread -
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 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepWe 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 …Show this thread6 replies 36 retweets 326 likesShow this thread -
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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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
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Carl T. Bergstrom
More good news! (Also note to media: please don't report on neutralizing antibody titers etc. without explaining how vaccine aren't drugs and what these findings actually mean for efficacy).https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1354638508908929047 …
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And a reminder: we want to be informed. That means good news when it is good, and warnings about things that are still difficult and realism through it all. Accounts that are focused on sensationalism and doomsaying—for the clicks or ego or whatever reason—aren't good for either.
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