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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 24 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eric Topol

      This is really important. Stuff getting publicized *without a paper* and without sufficient time for many scientists to look at, digest, comment and contextualize can lead to terrible outcomes—needlessly scaring people. We saw that happen with widely misreported studies before.https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1364769339434409984 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Eric TopolVerified account @EricTopol
      Why are academic groups forwarding "preprints" that are not posted directly to the media without the biomedical community having a chance to review? Isn't a preprint enough? is this a new pre-pre-print trend? Concerning.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Feb 2021

      It’s not about formal peer review per se. It’s just that many eyes are always better than a few, even if those few are excellent because they’re still a few, and a bit of time is better than rushing unless there’s something truly urgent that can’t wait another day or two.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nathan Grubaugh

      What’s the hurry? I am constantly fielding inquiries from people who are losing hope—I mean this, losing hope and suffering greatly—after reading such stories. Is it justified? Who knows without a paper? Just put the draft paper somewhere and let a couple of days pass.https://twitter.com/NathanGrubaugh/status/1364782285954899968 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Nathan Grubaugh @NathanGrubaugh
      This wasn't even a "pre-print" - I was asked to provide comment on someone's draft manuscript that still had tracked changes and didn't include the figures. Based on this, the NYT wrote a story. This is an absolute mess. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1364769339434409984 …
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    4. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 25 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      I see you bring this up often lately but isn't this the 'second order impact' analysis that you often dislike? Doesn't make sense to not talk about variants cause someone might get overly worried.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2021
      Replying to @firasd

      We can talk about them the next day, after the scientific community had a chance to see the paper and digest and respond to the news. I'm not saying ignore it at all. Give it a day! The online scientific community response is really, really fast these days.

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    6. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 25 Feb 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      Sure I agree in this case (I didn't post the story about the 'CA variant' to my @covidpath aggregator cause it seemed ambiguous). But I've also seen you take objection to commentary on studies about comparative efficacy etc. I do agree we are in the endgame so nobody should panic

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2021
      Replying to @firasd @Covidpath

      Those—comparing efficacy—are largely being misreported, though, that's the problem. Different issue. Otherwise, of course, fine to inform people. I'm going to write longer on why and how on that one soon.

      6:37 AM - 25 Feb 2021
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