March 1st, 2020.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1234113514354225152 …
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This is why I don't really have an "anniversary" moment in March.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1234858603917516800 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepThat’s right. Cat is out of the bag. We probably will not contain this in the US but we can mitigate. We have to do what we can to slow spread in order to preserve hospital capacity for the elderly and other vulnerable populations. But it’s here. https://twitter.com/drmattmccarthy/status/1234833720424697862 …Show this thread1 reply 5 retweets 69 likesShow this thread -
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It was not a good February/March here.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1236307682660843521 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepSimilar crisis to the terrible climate change coverage that helped get us where we are. Too many political reporters focus on reporting on the "sides" and narrative wars, rather than doing the actual job of analyzing what's actually going on. https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1236306434490609665 …1 reply 8 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepReplying to @mattdpearceIt is tough. Pandemics are systemic risks, and systemic risk is hard to communicate. That's also why I was so concerned by the early widespread "it's just like the flu, just a bit worse" messaging! We wasted months, and this is true across the political spectrum.1 reply 3 retweets 38 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
I spent so much of February early March trying to convince people around me to stop traveling, that canceling conferences/working from home was the right move and we needed to preserve hospital capacity for the incoming surge.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1234552411416678402 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepI logged onto Facebook for the first time in days and groups are full of people asking about travel. It’s unconscionable that there is no public messaging. The World Health Organization recommends people over 60 or with other conditions to avoid crowds. https://twitter.com/drtedros/status/1233695157888987137 …Show this thread6 replies 9 retweets 112 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jenna Beacom, M.Ed
Wrong is fine. Happens. Assess and move on. What's telling is the "follow the science" heckling from people with "
#wearamask" bios because I say.. outdoors is safer. Same energy shouting at me because I said wear a mask in March, 2020. Science as talisman.https://twitter.com/jfbeacom/status/1368643595033513984 …zeynep tufekci added,
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That's the tragedy. There's no magic. The papers were there. We had the trifecta we needed know to help contain this in February of 2020—that it spread before symptoms emerged (unlike SARS) and that it was airborne and superspreading driven (like SARS). https://twitter.com/R0g3rM3xic0/status/1368646795329409028 …
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I'm not saying containing a pandemic would have been easy under any conditions. It's a huge challenge. The human cost was always going to be terrible. But we didn't do a good job helping ourselves minimize the loss and suffering even when we could have. That's an added tragedy.
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warts and all, still many orders of magnitude more useful than the US response to 9/11. There *will* be more viruses, more pandemics, so this is a useful fire drill to train for those. One example: masking is far, far more normalized than ever before.
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Yes, but.. I was half-joking with a friend the other day. Part of the obstacle was that Western public health is anchored on the flu (not without reason but...) We didn't/couldn't pivot fast enough. So here's your potential tragedy: next, we get a flu, but try SARS/MERS response.
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So it may help, if we learn to react fast/adjust as we learn more/and respond rapidly to what information emerges. Superspreading-driven pathogen or not? How sensitive to air dilution? UV? etc. etc.
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Yeah, my hope is that masking is way less "weird" to americans than it was in 2019. And it certainly helps put a focus on the general importance of having healthcare for everyone..
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