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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 7 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Adrienne LaFrance

      From the last day of 2020. I got the usual push-back for calling the new variant a "ticking time bomb". Alarm isn't alarmism if it's warranted. Now it's more than a month later, and I'll repeat. We. Will. Get. Hit. With. This—moderated by our vaccination rates and our measures.https://twitter.com/AdrienneLaF/status/1358525588135424002 …

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      Adrienne LaFranceVerified account @AdrienneLaF
      The U.K. variant is now tearing across the U.S., doubling its prevalence among confirmed infections every 10 days. I highly recommend @zeynep on how to think about the dangers posed by variants, and the flaw in oversimplifying new strains as “less deadly”https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/ …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021

      When a pathogen changes & when we're facing an exponential threat, first, the response has to be to adjust ourselves defensively, despite the uncertainty and then, if warranted, adjust it again as information comes out. "We don't know yet" is a cause for *more* action, not same.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Covid One Year Ago

          Oh look, what the county that had open schools, indoor dining and concerts for all of last year was doing one year ago today. (Exponentials: one gets ahead of them very quickly or one gets steamrolled. Vaccination: exponentials that work in our favor).https://twitter.com/YearCovid/status/1358435348594892800 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Covid One Year Ago @YearCovid
          7 Feb 2020 Taiwan mobilises the military to assist with mask production, aiming to increase supply from 4 to 10 million masks per day. Until production increases, each citizen will receive a ration of two masks per week https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3869320  pic.twitter.com/GhM6BHViLb
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Harry Campbell  🇺🇸

          Be more strict for the time being. Better masks if you have to be indoors with others. I've cut down on optional things I was cautiously doing; will re-evaluate in March. (I do volunteer at a vaccination clinic—wearing an N95—but that's a *worth it* risk.)https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy/status/1358547944417333248 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Harry Campbell  🇺🇸Verified account @TheRideshareGuy
          Replying to @zeynep
          So what can one do on an individual level about the new UK strain?
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        1. Michael Pershan‏ @mpershan 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Do you know of any good US modeling of the impact of the B117 variant?

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        2. Anne Phillips‏ @annephillipswa 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Do you think schools that are open should close? Silly time for closed schools to reopen?

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        3. Dr. {Face-Mask Culture Researching} Young-Leslie‏ @H_Y_L 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @annephillipswa @zeynep

          https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/coronavirus-r-rate-school-closures-lockdown-lancet-study-b1251617.html …

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        1. Yair Lewis‏ @_lewisy 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Learn from Israel as @ariehkovler suggests - Here a *massive* vaccination campaign that saw over 70% of 60yo+ vaccinated in a month has not been enough to stem the tide of B.1.1.7. Max mitigation is imperative - vaccines alone cannot work

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        2. Quality N95/P100 masks for everyone‏ @N95For 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          HIgh filtration masks (N95, P100, Kf94,...) are the actual backstop for individuals. Exhalation valves will save more than they kill by allowing many high risk people to survive their relatives bringing home Covid. Some won't tolerate a N95 without an exhalation port.

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        3. aeon‏ @AeonCoin 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @N95For @zeynep

          Put a surgical mask over it. The additional resistance relative to an uncovered port is minimal.

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        1. Richard H. Ebright‏Verified account @R_H_Ebright 7 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @Ayjchan

          Only the ignorant and the sociopathic have asserted, at any point in the pandemic, that "We don't know yet" and therefore we should stop or delay action. (Unfortunately ignorance and sociopathy have been common.)

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        2. Lucio Martelli‏ @LucioMM1 8 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          No, prudence principle applies to society and economy as well. You don't destroy the very fabric of society (which is what lockdowns do) unless you are sure it is indispensable to avoid apocalyptic risks for society (civil war , 20% deaths, that sort of thing). For B117 /

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        3. Lucio Martelli‏ @LucioMM1 8 Feb 2021
          Replying to @LucioMM1 @zeynep

          We are 100% sure society would survive very well to it, so we should absolutelty not lockdown for it.

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