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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Joedy McCreary

      I’m not saying it was a wise thing to rush out to celebrate. But how many events like this have we had? Outdoors but widely condemned, confidently called called superspreader. But wasn’t, barely reported. (UNC tests all students on campus twice a week and off campus once a week).https://twitter.com/JoedyMcCreary/status/1362881044551237639 …

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      Joedy McCrearyVerified account @JoedyMcCreary
      Franklin Street sure looked like a super spreader event 13 days ago after UNC beat Duke. A spike would have at least started to show up by now -- but it hasn't. Why not? https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/dodging-a-bullet-no-spike-in-covid-19-cases-in-aftermath-of-franklin-street-celebration-yet/ …
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    2. Zach Binney‏ @binney_z 21 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      My worry with these is always what we *don't* see - accompanying packed bars and house parties. It *is* a bit surprising not to see a spike from that. But if those are happening every weekend, and the only difference here was the outside stuff, not so much.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Feb 2021
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      It is always the concern, and the best way to address it seems to me to be to not to punish them for the safest part of the event, and inform and empower them about what not to do? Otherwise yeah that’s what we will get: indoor parties out of our sight.

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        2. Zach Binney‏ @binney_z 21 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Oh I completely agree. I'm just pontificating on why we did or didn't see a spike here. My prior would have been to see a modest one (again, NOT from the outdoor stuff), so now I'm trying to reassess why not.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Feb 2021
          Replying to @binney_z

          UNC is testing properly this time (unlike last time!) and this is where some qualitative work would be really helpful: asking the students what they did and did not do/or know. A spike would have been possible, but a superspreading event would surely have an indoor component.

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        2. Zaphod‏ @MinvstrD 21 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @binney_z

          If these are mostly college kids out celebrating, a good proportion have already had it. At this time most of those out and about are the ones who were risking it prior and most likely already infected. Won't see changes until everyone is out there, the naive, etc...

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        3. Kristian no boomer-ish bends‏ @kltblom 21 Feb 2021
          Replying to @MinvstrD @zeynep @binney_z

          Yup, vaccinate the least likely to follow social distancing protocol first.

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