Let me add this here. I have seen the full range of opinion on FDAs steps from credentialed experts. No surprise! It's a very tough moment to navigate and NOBODY has "the" absolute right answer because we aren't solving a quadratic equation here.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1382345267148685313 …
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Conclusion for now, from my first newsletter titled "Against Nostalgia." We are in a transition: a mismatch between our reality and our cultural and institutional capacity to manage it. Nostalgia for the past (common yearning) isn't going to solve this. https://www.theinsight.org/p/against-nostalgia …pic.twitter.com/jbRLSVgPph
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Matthew Herper
Gatekeepers—even weakened—and public health authorities have a huge role to play but the question is way beyond "message". It's about developing capacity for this new public sphere. Constantly saying "listen to experts" (which ones?) doesn't address this.https://twitter.com/matthewherper/status/1382369855861616642 …
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Matthew HerperVerified account @matthewherperReplying to @zeynepA different question. Yes, there are no gatekeepers. But a lot of yesterday's commentary assumed gatekeepers can control public opinion. Do we want public health officials to think in terms of how their message resonates with the populace? Is that the right framing?8 replies 12 retweets 187 likesShow this thread -
Serious? Without claiming this person is right, or that I agree, how about a public health professor at Johns Hopkins University with an MD and an MPH and who teaches public health policy? Examples are numerous and "expert" opinion is all over the place. https://twitter.com/GarrSigmund/status/1382378733248581634 …pic.twitter.com/7zKd8j30a2
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
First, I'm "ranting" about my actual area of expertise for once!
By your logic, you should only listen to me on this. Two, what I think about the surgeon general is irrelevant. Three, what did you think about the previous surgeon general and his opinions?https://twitter.com/grtamericanovel/status/1382370181838671874 …zeynep tufekci added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Congratulations, you have just become a Twitter pundit and proven my point: if we are supposed to pick and choose which surgeon general to trust, "stop ranting and listen to the surgeon general" does not solve the problem I'm trying to explain. https://twitter.com/grtamericanovel/status/1382383598221856771 …
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*takes a risk to write outside her core field for a year because it's a global crisis* *tries for once to actually comment on her core field, where she has book, articles, all the classic credentials*

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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jessica Pickett
To conclude the day, ACIP meeting was interesting and it included assertions from experts ranging from one calling the pause "devastating" to others saying restarting now would be "unacceptable". These are necessarily "no single right answer" questions.https://twitter.com/pickettjessica/status/1382445712122724359 …
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Jessica Pickett @pickettjessicaACIP verdict: extending the pause for 7-10 days, when they will reconvene for a more structured risk/benefit assessment on the expectation that significantly more cases will come to light in the interim...but recognizing they will need to vote on a recommendation then regardless.Show this thread2 replies 8 retweets 91 likesShow this thread -
So, simultaneously, we have: a new public sphere which our institutions weren't designed for; fairly robust intra-expert disagreement on the right answer to many key questions (unsurprising given the moment); and lots of decisions under uncertainty. *That's* the challenge.
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Yeah a few of them essentially said pretty much that. I was especially touched by one doctor who mentioned the thing that’s very high on my mind. It’s not their charge but a reality: what all this means for countries without the abundant alternative supply the United States has.
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"abundant.....supply" is what the rest of us in the world hear about non stop.
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