Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
zeynep's profile
zeynep tufekci
zeynep tufekci
zeynep tufekci
Verified account
@zeynep

Tweets

zeynep tufekciVerified account

@zeynep

Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

floating in a most peculiar way
theinsight.org
Joined August 2009

Tweets

  • © 2022 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. alex rubinsteyn‏ @iskander 14 Mar 2021

      alex rubinsteyn Retweeted Maarten De Cock

      History of science Q: it seems like ventilation / air quality eventually became a somewhat taboo topic in public health. When did this happen and why?https://twitter.com/mdc_martinus/status/1371128425763762187 …

      alex rubinsteyn added,

      Maarten De Cock @mdc_martinus
      One of the many indoor air data from ‘The Carbonic Acid, Organic Matter, and Micro-organisms in Air of Dwellings and Schools.’ (1886) I wonder what these 19th century scientists would say if they heard that ventilation is not investigated during a 21st century airborne pandemic. pic.twitter.com/SF3R08d6TR
      5 replies 11 retweets 42 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @iskander

      Fascinating history. Someone will write an excellent book, eventually but goes back to germ theory vs. miasma wars overcorrection/dogma from what I can tell—plus there are blatant errors of physics in current official docs waiting for pandemic to settle, I guess, for correction.

      4 replies 2 retweets 40 likes
    3. More Housing Choices; NH=neighborhood‏ @bnjd18 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @iskander

      Other interesting questions about the 1800s: what was the arc of the acceptence of germ theory? How quickly did scientists come to accept it? How quickly did the general population come to accept it?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. alex rubinsteyn‏ @iskander 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @bnjd18 @zeynep

      I guess it's something that may be hard to tell from just the scientific record, might also need to look at health messaging in newspapers and from authorities. Hope a historian of public health sees this thread.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @iskander @bnjd18

      It took. A. Long. Time. I mean, think about it? “The foul smelling, filthy air that’s making you feel like you’re choking isn’t making you sick, but this crystal clear glass of water from this pump at Broad Street is because it’s full of gremlins too small to see. Trust me!”

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. More Housing Choices; NH=neighborhood‏ @bnjd18 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @iskander

      John Snow's research of epidemics in London coincided with the miasma era. It rebuts miasma theory. OTOH, refuting miasma does not take your straight to germ theory. Were most of the good PH interventions in the 1800s just intuitive responses?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @bnjd18 @iskander

      I don’t think I’d say that. I’ve read a lot of primary documents about Yellow Fever—it’s an interest of mine—from that era and people were a lot more systematic in their thinking that we give them credit for, imo. That said, tools more limited.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. More Housing Choices; NH=neighborhood‏ @bnjd18 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @iskander

      I run into references to Yellow Fever in my research of Victorian lodging houses in Houston. Hotels shut down for epidemics and replaced beddings before reopening. One of the founders of Houston died of it. An inventor in Galveston claimed that it was caused by mosquitos.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Mar 2021
      Replying to @bnjd18 @iskander

      Which inventor and what year? 👀

      7:26 PM - 14 Mar 2021
      • 1 Like
      • alex rubinsteyn
      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        1. New conversation
        2. More Housing Choices; NH=neighborhood‏ @bnjd18 14 Mar 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @iskander

          Gail Borden of condensed milk fame. I would have to dig up the mosquito reference. He was the surveyor of the original Houston town site, and conducted the second survey of Galveston. He also patented a meat biscuit and tried to sell it to the US Army.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. More Housing Choices; NH=neighborhood‏ @bnjd18 14 Mar 2021
          Replying to @bnjd18 @zeynep @iskander

          "One of the first involved his attempt to wipe out yellow fever in Galveston, Texas, where he lived in 1844. That year, his wife, age 32, and 4-year-old son contracted the disease, swiftly sickened and died."https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-man-who-invented-elsie-the-borden-cow-171931492/ …

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Show replies

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2022 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info