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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 31 Jan 2021

      Read this story and weep. This, after masks, is the biggest failure—both scientific and communication—of the pandemic in Western nations: the airborne nature of the pathogen. CDC changed this guidance last October. Japan and many other nations had it right on *February* of 2020. https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1355916271662071816 …pic.twitter.com/M6X44TxTMA

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jan 2021

      It was only in December of 2020 the WHO guidelines got updated to wear masks indoors at all times—before they only said masks only if one couldn't be separated by three feet. These things matter so much because billions of people are live and work according to these guidelines.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jan 2021

      I wrote about ventilation last July and to this day, I get contacted by desperate people who work in places that disinfect at length but don't have extensive ventilation mitigations, and consider six feet to as be-all-end-all. When they object, they're told that's the guidelines.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted 𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕝, 𝔼𝕤𝕢.

      YES YES AND YES. Even in hospitals—which have aggressive ventilation & air is exchanged often and can mandate masks for everyone—we see the occasional outbreak because of the lunch room. Masks indoors at all times if around people *especially* if talking.https://twitter.com/Daniel22223333/status/1355941760195829760 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕝, 𝔼𝕤𝕢. @Daniel22223333
      Replying to @zeynep
      So for those of us who work in office buildings, wear masks at all times, to the extent practicable, while inside? That means no eating at desks (and since no indoor dining, so outdoor eating only); masks during zoom meetings; etc. That hard, but doable, if that's what's needed.
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jan 2021

      Every time I make a peep on this topic (since the summer), I get inundated with these stories. People who haven't been told to keep masks on at all times indoors (even if distanced). People who know the importance of ventilation and aren't allowed to do anything about it. Tragic.pic.twitter.com/LCS7WJ1mka

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Jan 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. AB Duncan

      This is the reality in many places. I'm hoping the new administration will quickly play catch-up with the messaging. It's finally mostly there in the guidelines, but needs messaging push. WHO needs a lot of catch-up as well. Fine print isn't enough.https://twitter.com/nacnudnosilla/status/1355944915763605504 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Dr. AB Duncan @nacnudnosilla
      THIS. Currently not an issue because we’re under lockdown again, but my Uni building is constantly convinced that if we’re 2m apart, and wipe down our work surfaces, all will be OK. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1355940572842905604 …
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Taylor Campbell

      This sucks, but at least they mention open windows. My inbox and DMs are full of people—and have been for months—who are not *allowed* to do any mitigation for airborne spread at work even when it's easy and available because "it's not in the guidelines."https://twitter.com/Riastradh_/status/1355989688956366848 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Taylor Campbell @Riastradh_
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      MA guidance on indoor dining, Jan 25, 2021: focus on ≥6ft, ≤90min, plexiglass, surface disinfection. Dead last, after walls of text on everything else: open windows. Not a word on ventilation, filtration, or fresh air otherwise. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/safety-standards-and-checklist-restaurants … https://mobile.twitter.com/zeynep/status/1355939471552864260 …
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2021

      We need to give people the right *intuition* on how this pathogen transmits—including its airborne spread—along with the rules. The cut-offs (6 feet etc.) aren't binary and the mitigations stack up. Once people understand the underlying logic, they can make better decisions.

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    9.  🌈That Fully Vaccinated Cat‏ @caticind 1 Feb 2021
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      I WISH I could convey this to my employer. I would like to go in to the office and work with people, provided they would just wear their masks indoors. The latest state orders direct them to do so. But they have fixed on the >6ft=no mask, so instead I insist on staying home.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Feb 2021
      Replying to @caticind

      I hear this a lot, too. I'm sorry.

      7:30 AM - 1 Feb 2021
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