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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

      Yes, a new surge is upon us. No, it will not be the same as before. Yes, the good news is still abundant but the challenge is real. My new piece on our race between the vaccines and the variants, and what we need to do urgently, to head it off. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/HHxGp8tIhl

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

      Also: we need less worrying about vaccine efficacy against the variants, more about... vaccinating everyone as soon as possible. Herd immunity was already widely misunderstood, but we're underestimating how its politics have been complicated by, well, how good our vaccines are.

      9 replies 104 retweets 607 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

      We need to change our strategies and meet the variant surges with vaccination surges, and aggressively address vaccine equities. Many places like Michigan, where hospitalizations are increasing, are also greatly lagging in vaccinating black people. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/3hYS99Lbr0

      8 replies 101 retweets 374 likes
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

      Honestly, in the US, we do have everything we need to meet likely our last big pandemic challenge. Every other piece of news we have is good, including the latest from the CDC on transmission (in the piece). But we do need to act now, and also globally where things are worse.

      5 replies 50 retweets 325 likes
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bryan Rice

      aka didn't read the piece.https://twitter.com/bricey16/status/1377007307125624833 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Bryan Rice @bricey16
      The optimists rein it in after a few weeks of chest-pounding https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1376999996441133062 …
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

          I understand why we did an each-state-does-their-own-thing policy until now. But the administration should immediately implement a national strategy of geographic prioritizing. We already have federal sites in many states, and we have the vaccine supply. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/uYLiDAPoWd

          11 replies 68 retweets 386 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted David Eggert

          Yes, please.https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1376989484563230724 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          David EggertVerified account @DavidEggert00
          On a call between governors & the White House today, Gov. Whitmer asked whether the White House has considered surging additional vaccine quantity to states with rapidly increasing case rates like Michigan. WH coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said everything is on the table.
          11 replies 32 retweets 280 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alex Fitzpatrick

          Yes. The current risk is that the efficacy of the vaccines—which is great news!—will overshadow the very real vulnerability of those who are left behind, and are now facing yet another surge exactly as we open things up.https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/1377072149945548800 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Alex FitzpatrickVerified account @AlexJamesFitz
          "The vaccinated can clearly do more, and safely, especially two weeks after their final dose. But it’s a particularly perilous time for the unvaccinated, who deserve our attention, resources, and continued mitigation measures as appropriate." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …
          9 replies 63 retweets 249 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Recount

          Reminder there is a lot of good news! My article above talks about this study she's referencing. (I haven't seen the full clip, but this excerpt is a wee bit overstated. Data showed 90% reduction in *any* infection—thus transmission—which is excellent).https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1376950399232573442 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

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          The RecountVerified account @therecount
          CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky: “Our data from the CDC today suggest that vaccinated people do not carry the virus.” pic.twitter.com/9W1SHecSEm
          4 replies 27 retweets 119 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted wsbgnl

          Another important consideration. One thing that can accompany a targeted vaccine surge is temporary OSHA guidelines protecting the yet unvaccinated (there are many!) essential workers. Surge+time limit+so much good news+money subsidy could make this work.https://twitter.com/wsbgnl/status/1377059878422765573 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          wsbgnl @wsbgnl
          Replying to @zeynep @gregggonsalves
          I think it’s hard to tell what’s feasible when the public health community isn’t openly debating all the options, and there is no pressure on elected officials to take action or face accountability for inaction. Minimum, we need temporary OSHA standards.
          2 replies 21 retweets 86 likes
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nate in LA

          I agree. I think we should have concrete and empirical benchmark-driven timelines. I write "a little bit more" because I'm not in charge (but I can see where things are going) but we should have the endgame spelled out for the public.https://twitter.com/natem42/status/1377275758972792834 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Nate in LA @natem42
          Replying to @zeynep
          One frustration is that even now (when vaccines are sufficiently known to make predictions)that the guidance is that restrictions should be lifted "soon" and not a date certain. Much easier to count down 30 or 45 days than hold out "a little more."
          6 replies 9 retweets 77 likes
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          Bad news: B.1.1.7 is already established as more transmissible & increasing evidence that it's also more lethal. Good news: our vaccines work very well against it. Potential tragedy, outlined in my article: we don't respond quickly. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ … https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1377358072314654720 …pic.twitter.com/eqPi7cG3GN

          9 replies 62 retweets 166 likes
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Moree Spinne

          The truth is worse, much worse, but I don't know if I should disappoint you further.https://twitter.com/MoreeSpinne/status/1377373855329746946 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Moree Spinne @MoreeSpinne
          Replying to @zeynep
          You’re citing an Atlantic article for the medical statement?
          12 replies 8 retweets 272 likes
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 Mar 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mark D. Levine

          NYC council member asking for a vaccine surge. See thread.https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1377366003424759810 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Mark D. LevineVerified account @MarkLevineNYC
          As @zeynep writes: "It doesn’t make sense to vaccinate 25-year-olds in places with very low levels of circulation before seniors and frontline workers in places where there is an outbreak." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ … 5/
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          7 replies 5 retweets 65 likes
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Apr 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr Siddharth Sridhar

          More excellent, excellent news from vaccine trial follow-ups. (This one is for Pfizer). I'll repeat: I think we should spend much less time speculatively worrying about potential future variants, focus more on vaccinating folks now.https://twitter.com/sid8998/status/1377613261533814785 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Dr Siddharth SridharVerified account @sid8998
          More good news for the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine: 1. Protection against symptomatic COVID-19 of 91.3% even 6 months after the second dose 2. No COVID-19 cases in the vaccine group of a South African trial so far suggesting efficacy against the B.1.351 variant
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          4 replies 31 retweets 142 likes
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