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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 25 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted White House COVID-19 Response Team

      👀If 50% of 65+ folks have at least one shot—and most of it last month? (50 million had at least one shot. It's mostly elderly plus health-care workers. US has about 50 million people over 65). Barring something really unexpected, things should look very different in one month.https://twitter.com/WHCOVIDResponse/status/1365099233171410945 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      White House COVID-19 Response TeamVerified account @WHCOVIDResponse
      Take a look at what we've accomplished in 5 weeks: - We've increased vaccine supply to states by 70% - Nearly 60% of people 75+ have now received at least one shot -- that was 14% 6 weeks ago - Almost 50% of the people 65+ have at least one shot now -- that was 8% 6 weeks ago
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2021

      That's not saying everything just ends then. Pandemics don't end with a bang—they can whimper on even long after herd immunity, too, including big local outbreaks—and the world is certainly not just the United States. Still. Those are game-changing numbers and a pace for the US.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Yes, and. One real problem: We will soon transition into a *different* set of problems. Given how slow we were to transition into pandemic thinking, it's possible we'll be too slow to start addressing them—stuck arguing over things no longer as relevant. https://twitter.com/esqincoming/status/1365153422274658305 …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

          There are many categories of problems where informed and thoughtful anticipatory action is crucial, and we've been bad at that. Just check what many people (media/social media/authorities) were saying in February of 2020. The same thing can play out for the end phase as well.

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

          Pfizer expects to *double* it's weekly US production and deliver 120 million doses just in the next 6 weeks. We have 600 million mRNA doses scheduled by end of July. J&J VRBPAC meeting today. Things can go wrong, but it's time to talk about and act on *new* challenges we'll face.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

          I mean, alternatively we can repeat February of 2020?😢 Wait till problems do hit us with their full-force, when they are much harder to address as opposed to timely, early action and planning? Total fingers crossed we won't of course, but these things happen if we act, not wait.

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ian McLeod

          The point here is that, yes, things will get much better for many—and sooner than we seem to have internalized—but there will also be very real but different challenges, too, and will play out under a very different political and epidemiological climate.https://twitter.com/iansmcleod/status/1365328779388743681 …

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          Ian McLeod @iansmcleod
          A longer take on one of the same points: Things are likely to get much, much better very rapidly in the next few months. What then? Prep for even more rapid booster deployment for an escape variant? Just have fun? What will the "follow on" issues be? https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1365316957742972932 …
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        2. Ronke O.‏ @Ronke1127 25 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Do you have a sense of why we are out executing other countries like Canada?

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Feb 2021
          Replying to @Ronke1127

          We have tons more supply, like tons and tons more. And the speed of distribution problems have been tackled for the moment. (Though I still hate the way we are doing the appointments etc. and we should be going more to neighborhoods and workplaces).

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        1. nayyer ali‏ @nayyerali10 25 Feb 2021
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          Yes I don’t get all the handwringing. In Southern California new Covid admits to hospitals have plummeted. If we get all over 50 vaccinated by may 1 there will be very few critical cases. Daily deaths under 50 or 60 will be an acceptable number compatible with “normal life”.

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        1. Gavin Wilson‏ @gavcwilson 26 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          With the latest variants having a theoretical r of 4-5 and vaccines around 80% effective, how do you even get to herd immunity though, that's what I worry about. Add to that the lack of knowledge about impact of vaccines on transmission, that must be a concern no?

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        1. Hagamous‏ @Hagamous 26 Feb 2021
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          This picture sounds rosy only depending on where you live. Every state different only 75+ are “elderly” and vaxing in NM. If not tough luck group is 985K to get through at 8K current rate/day before this changes. Just told try your chances by driving to Amarillo TX, seriously (?)

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