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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 6 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted GET VACCINATED! (((Jennifer Mendelsohn)))

      Perfect except most of the victims of this disease in the US are either the elderly, who are very susceptible to severe outcomes, or poor people and minorities who have to work to survive and to make society run and who live in more in crowded houses. Real denialism is marginal.https://twitter.com/CleverTitleTK/status/1354800905917517824 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      GET VACCINATED! (((Jennifer Mendelsohn)))Verified account @CleverTitleTK
      This is perfect. Especially the diabetes. pic.twitter.com/5DzlVh9GUy
      36 replies 254 retweets 1,271 likes
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Feb 2021

      There’s such a big mismatch on what gets highlighted on social media and traditional media for shaming fodder, and thus many people think is widespread, and reality—especially the people actually suffering and dying in large numbers.

      7 replies 32 retweets 352 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Abigail Wozniak

      While we keep chanting "just stay home" on Twitter, the people who cannot—the people who make it possible for everyone else to stay home by making things work—are getting infected at highest rates. The occasional annoying person isn't driving the epidemic.https://twitter.com/AbigailWozniak/status/1357851648291348480 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Abigail Wozniak @AbigailWozniak
      Aside from levels, disparities are very evident. Hispanics report much higher diagnosis rates than other groups. pic.twitter.com/mfruLim7Ka
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Reuters

      Look at this nonsense tweet and all the scolding replies *as if* a few people chilling OUTDOORS without masks is driving the pandemic. Florida doesn't even have the worst death rates, but the Hispanic/"frontline" population in Los Angeles, CA is decimated.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1358215213930205184 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      ReutersVerified account @Reuters
      Mask-wearing slips in Tampa as fans celebrate Super Bowl weekend http://reut.rs/3rm6x9o  pic.twitter.com/AAoCO1q5Ai
      17 replies 40 retweets 284 likes
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    5. Dawn Porter‏Verified account @dawnporter 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      See you in two weeks

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @dawnporter

      I've been following the data for a whole year. "You'll see" has been said again and again. Ozark pool party (nothing happened). Florida beach shaming (it was fine). The places that encourage outdoors will do better. Scolding people outdoors and driving them indoors will be worse.

      3 replies 11 retweets 45 likes
    7. Dawn Porter‏Verified account @dawnporter 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/us/ozarks-missouri-party-coronavirus-positive/index.html …

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @dawnporter

      Yes, a total of *one* person tested positive, out of all the brouhaha and certainty that it would be a superspreader event and even that single case was a maybe. There are no known outdoor superspreader events—yet. I still wouldn't do that party but we need to focus on real risk.

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    9. Dawn Porter‏Verified account @dawnporter 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      Many people at that party were tourists who returned home so there is no way to know how many cases resulted. But the real point is we are in the most dangerous phase. Variants, COVID fatigue. We should not be encouraging anyone to relax basic protections like wearing a damn mask

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021
      Replying to @dawnporter

      I've been advising people to "wear a damn mask" even when the entire public health edifice here and globally told us masks were useless or harmful. I'd wear a mask outdoors around others. It's still true indoors is the problem and scolding people outdoors will drive them indoors.

      7:29 AM - 7 Feb 2021
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        1. Jefferson‏ @teejeff 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @dawnporter

          So is the expectation that “less” scolding for outdoor behavior will help the outdoor gatherers curb their behavior indoors or keep their gathering outdoors? Seems like outdoor gatherers probably relax indoor restrictions too and don’t wear masks in either scenario.

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