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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 26 Feb 2021

      You know the saying: how generals are always fighting the last war? That's not fate. We *can* put the last war to good use by learning from it. It's especially important to realize that things can fail because of structure and incentives. Good intentions are great—but not enough.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      Example, many have commented on the remarkable persistence of "hygiene theater". But it's not just about the guidelines, but also about an internal "locus of control" and "fundamental attribution error"—our beliefs in fate versus free will—for good or bad. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ …pic.twitter.com/qWJ5GwiEB5

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      So it's not enough to discuss the evidence etc. for fomites vs airborne, because there's also a lot of sociology and psychology driving why we cling to that bottle of disinfectant a little too tightly—and that same dynamic applies to our reaction to vaccines/masks & beaches, too.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kevin

      I hear this a lot—and I admit to being a card-carrying member of the earnest and optimist club—but it's not true. One, we have a new administration—not a minor thing. Two, WE DO THIS occasionally. It's not about scapegoating but sharpening understanding.https://twitter.com/kevin_bowen/status/1365369413608742912 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Kevin @kevin_bowen
      Learning from past mistakes? Buddy, this is AMERICA https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1365356253891985410 …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      Dr. Fauci, today: “It’s backed by common sense. If you have two vaccinated people and they want to get together.. You can get start getting [together].. even though the risk is not zero, the risk becomes extremely low when you've both parties vaccinated.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3ZfIEB22M …

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      Do note there's no contradiction between keeping up public precautions—just the sociology of it: not good to have two classes of people for public behavior—while simultaneously expanding private behavior. If anything, I expect these to support each other. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ …pic.twitter.com/fkCBW68AeX

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bill

      Presymptomatic transmission & atypical clinical presentation. This was, indeed, much like SARS (overdispersed, aerosols important) *except* with SARS, fever & infectiousness overlapped. That info is what convinced me in January of 2020 we'd get a pandemic.https://twitter.com/BillFoto3/status/1365411548068511749 …

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      Bill @BillFoto3
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      Prior knowledge or educated assumptions, especially by April 2020, seemed to be almost entirely accurate. I don't think I've read a single article where one of the assumptions scientists and health officials made based on prior knowledge was just flat wrong, but I may be mistaken
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lauren Pelley

      Yes, please. Should have done this since last spring.https://twitter.com/LaurenPelley/status/1365655101914968068 …

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      Lauren PelleyVerified account @LaurenPelley
      “If you gave people that opportunity to do things appropriately outside, how many cases would you then save from indoor activity?" asks @zchagla. @adamsmiller explores why it may be time to allow lower-risk outdoor gatherings to ward off pandemic fatigue: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-risk-canada-weather-1.5930135 …
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Feb 2021

      A fascinating historical point on how the US public health authorities dragged their feet on providing sterile needles/exchanges during the HIV pandemic because "we don't know" if it works. Need to reread that history with a new perspective. Recs welcome. https://zeynep.substack.com/p/pandemic-lessons-for-the-future-open/comments …pic.twitter.com/eWGI1q4ntJ

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    10. Peter Staley‏Verified account @peterstaley 27 Feb 2021
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      We certainly had plenty of definitive data by 1998, when this disgraceful moment happened under Clinton. @gregggonsalveshttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/us/clinton-decides-not-to-finance-needle-program.html …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Feb 2021
      Replying to @peterstaley @gregggonsalves

      Yeah. I kind of knew about this history, but not with the kind of perspective I have now. I did join/follow protests on HIV treatment access but that was towards the end of the period so I don't have a personal understanding of the earlier phases which sound.. too eerily similar.

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        2. Gregg Gonsalves‏Verified account @gregggonsalves 27 Feb 2021
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          To you both: West Virginia bill will effectively shut down all needle exchange programs in the state and where we’ve already seen outbreaks of HIV among people use drugs. It’s really alarming. @LaurenMPeace has done superb reporting on this for @mtnstspotlight.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Feb 2021
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          😢lemme read

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