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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 5 Apr 2021

      Folks asking: We already know the two mRNA vaccines also overwhelmingly cut down any infection, including silent asymptomatic ones, *and* studies indicate even breakthrough disease after vaccination has lower viral load (hence likely less infectious). https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/fourth-surge-variant-vaccine/618463/ …pic.twitter.com/EdWaVcmkxp

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Apr 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rick

      Yeah. I constantly hear people invoke "immune evasion" (almost always a partial indication from studies that do not pertain to the whole immune system) as if it means vaccines becoming useless against variants. No! Anyway, let's vaccinate the world, ASAP.https://twitter.com/ricksterps/status/1379078510350860289 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Rick @ricksterps
      I wish we weren't allergic to good news involving covid. A lot of really positive data coming out recently. If I just read headlines I would believe the vaccines won't protect me from all the variants and they are only good for like 6 months. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1379064102824316929 …
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Apr 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nate Silver

      Let's put this here, but keep in mind: tens of millions in the US remain unvaccinated and are *just as much at risk* if infected (if not more, as some variants may also be more deadly). Vaccines are amazing, but the work is to vaccinate everyone, globally.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1379090275969216519 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      Just 222 COVID deaths reported in the US yesterday, which is the fewest since March 23, 2020. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths  pic.twitter.com/FAyvg7tp4Z
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2021

      Flabbergasted at how much speculative worrying there is out there against current/future variants making our vaccines completely “ineffective” (I’ll easily take a bet against that) when the real issue is we have AMAZING vaccines that DO work, but not enough of them for the world!

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    5. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      Hard to blame people for worrying given the alarmism that’s rampant in clickbait coverage and among some high-follower Twitter accounts...

      5 replies 4 retweets 68 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @notdred

      I’m really at a loss what to do. Not blaming people. It’s in the news, it’s coming from (otherwise well-credentialed) experts. And seems the (many) who know better don’t openly pushback because parts of pandemic/expert social media has become so cliquish and hostile? Not sure.

      6 replies 5 retweets 72 likes
    7. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      It's a tough one to be sure. I think the best that can be done is to keep trying to call it straight and hope that the message breaks through. At some point reality becomes undeniable.

      3 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
    8. Skychicken‏ @Skychicken172 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @notdred @zeynep

      I hope so. I read tweet Crotty had about some awesome vax number we had. First comment was basically we are going to cause ADE and an escape mutant. I don’t know where all this comes from but it’s every single thread some far out worry.

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
    9. David Ridley‏ @RidleyDM 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @Skychicken172 @notdred @zeynep

      And I worry it's exacerbating the biggest risk, which is that not enough people get vaccinated. It would be perverse if the fear that vaccines don't work well enough against variants means that not enough people get vaccinated for them to work well against variants.

      2 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
    10. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @RidleyDM @Skychicken172 @zeynep

      Most of the time when I get a reply like this, the replier refers to EFD. So I'm forced to conclude that he's driving a huge part of the conversation here. He has the reach and he makes more noise than anybody.

      3 replies 0 retweets 38 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2021
      Replying to @notdred @RidleyDM @Skychicken172

      Agree he's got a lot of weight in the baselessly freaking people out space (rather than: "here's what we're watching, but meanwhile here's the overall picture") but if he were alone there, the damage would be a social media thing. It's all over TV/regular news/other experts...

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        2. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 6 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @RidleyDM @Skychicken172

          I just mean driving the reactions of people on twitter - no question there are a lot of other people feeding into this. But he's become the one-stop-shop for viral twitter threads about the scary mutants

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2021
          Replying to @notdred @RidleyDM @Skychicken172

          Yeah, especially tragic since Brazil seems to be facing hospital collapse more than (maybe) immune escape and (likely) transmissibility and (definitely) not enough vaccines, and problem not confined to Brazil. But look broader: variantdoom is all over the news disporportionately.

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        2. David Ridley‏ @RidleyDM 6 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @notdred @Skychicken172

          Yes, and my casual perception is that very few people who aren't active on Twitter have ever heard of him. But scary-variant coverage is all over the news.

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        3. Rufus Spivey Green‏ @RufusSG 6 Apr 2021
          Replying to @RidleyDM @zeynep and

          A lot of public health types here in the UK defend and frequently retweet him because he’s “tAkInG iT mOrE sErIoUsLy” than us Covidiot peasants. Like chill out Deepti/Trisha, I know there’s a pandemic on without being told how 🚨WORRISOME🚨 everything is.

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