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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 2 Apr 2021

      I’m writing a series on misinformation “over here”. First: polarization and the (false) belief that Florida’s numbers are cooked. I also mentioned how masks have become a talisman of sorts. Now people are lecturing me on how great masks are! Full circle.🤨 https://zeynep.substack.com/p/how-polarization-ate-our-brains …pic.twitter.com/pbhY1eVAU2

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

      March 2020: How dare you argue that universal masking could be an important tool for dampening transmission! Masks increase your risk of infection and are Asian supersitition! March 2021: How dare you argue that masks are one (good) tool among many, and vaccination is crucial!

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          I literally have examples of versions of the above from people—and not just some randoms people with three followers but people claiming expertise and treated as such. I’m not providing examples here to avoid social media pile-ons, but lol, humans. We’re an interesting species.😁

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeff xx

          I’ve been writing about that for a year now. Literal anniversary of my first piece on that is this week. There have been a few surprises, but honestly, almost all key pillars of the science we needed to know for effective mitigation have been in place since Feb/Mar 2020.https://twitter.com/jeffzuk/status/1377994050620555264 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Jeff xx @jeffzuk
          Replying to @zeynep
          March 2021 addendum: And outdoors is vastly safer than indoors — do more outside! (As Ontario outlaws outdoor dining patios, drive-thru theatres, etc)
          6 replies 11 retweets 157 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kristen Holmes

          So good but two things: wearing masks in public while many are unvaccinated is a good idea—airlines and grocery stores cannot have two classes of people. Also, the risk is that the safety of the vaccinated lulls us into ingoring the risk that remains *high* for the unvaccinated.https://twitter.com/KristenhCNN/status/1377999766508949506 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Kristen HolmesVerified account @KristenhCNN
          NEW: Today CDC will announce that it is low risk to travel if you are vaccinated, according to a source familiar. CDC will also say that there is no need to quarantine after international travel if you are vaccinated, the source says.
          9 replies 52 retweets 199 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          Most of the day-to-day hand-wringing and faux controversies over vaccines will soon get washed away (not denying a few real issues). But a lot of it is just... Sturm und Drang. Meh. But *vaccination* —globally— and equity and the next phase. Not at all easy or straightforward.

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          For folks asking me about the current surge (in the US, and implicitly in other places but this piece is US focused). I wrote about that last week.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          Folks asking about the current B.1.1.7 variant linked to these surges, here's my article (from the last day of the last year) trying to warn about it.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/ …

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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Apr 2021

          What about all the good news? Well, two articles on some of that. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ … andhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/three-ways-pandemic-has-bettered-world/618320/ …

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        1. George Purcell‏ @gpurcell 2 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          The one thing I would add is that we need to differentiate between theoretical masks, masks as actually employed, and mask mandates. Three separate potential effects that get conflated all the time.

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        2. Jeff xx‏ @jeffzuk 2 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          March 2021 addendum: And outdoors is vastly safer than indoors — do more outside! (As Ontario outlaws outdoor dining patios, drive-thru theatres, etc)

          1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
        3. Filmnoir‏ @Filmnoir11 2 Apr 2021
          Replying to @jeffzuk @zeynep

          Wait. They outlawed drive-thru theaters? What?

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