Visuals overwhelm words. Also if they know the facts, why aren’t they communicating them?
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Risk is so grave that media must make sure not to use the power of visuals to correctly identify risk—indoors. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1302962825778933763 …pic.twitter.com/3na5Fo3oFb
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted AFP News Agency
Is there data from Brazil on the actual victims and where they are contracting COVID? If it is like all the other places on the planet, it's not the beach—it's "essential", especially low-wage workers, nursing/elderly homes, and indoor spaces. ht
@KetanJ0https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1303302070724952064 …zeynep tufekci added,
0:50AFP News AgencyVerified account @AFPVIDEO: Thousands of people gather on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro during the holiday weekend ahead of Brazil's Independence Day, as the country eases quarantine measures despite surpassing 4 million coronavirus cases with more than 125,000 deaths pic.twitter.com/umD3GICXJH7 replies 30 retweets 115 likesShow this thread -
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@sfgate headline is about COVID's death toll but it is represented visually with a safe and fun day at Dolores Park! Why let facts get in the way of visual misinformation? Deaths and cases in SF are disproportionately from the Hispanic population—low-paid essential jobs.pic.twitter.com/V1DrgnwNU6
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙♂️
Finally on article with a beach picture I can share with approval!https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1313264105436803072 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Daniel Kotzin
Did Covid make this policy? Discourage beaches in a heatwave and thus encourage... air-conditioned indoors. Anti-science, anti-safety. ht
@JenniferSey and@JuliaLMarcus.https://twitter.com/danielkotzin/status/1317527184303562752 …zeynep tufekci added,
Daniel Kotzin @danielkotzin90 degree heatwave in San Francisco. The city responds by closing parking lots near the beach for the weekend. The goal — stop people from congregating outside by the ocean. The result — people will congregate inside with AC on. Stupidity or sadism or both? pic.twitter.com/MvtvATEfgk12 replies 66 retweets 217 likesShow this thread -
I had stopped updating this thread (despite the occasional example) but come on. This is Australia's "paper of record". And the tone. "One group of five maskless sunbathers lay on towels with a six-pack of beer." Yeah, stop the presses and publish their photos!pic.twitter.com/rkUIT4uVhT
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hugh Pym
Another retrospective paper that will get eventually written: "The deadly cost of closing parks and scolding beach-goers long after it became clear that it was not only among the safest activities people could do, it displaced riskier indoor socializing."https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1361981207706292225 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Robert Benzie
The year is 2157. As spring blooms, parks are cordoned off with tape—an annual ritual origins of which are lost to time. Some believe tape markings ward of the evil eye that brings on disease. Others think its bright yellow stimulates the immune system.
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The big outdoor playground near our house is closed and cleared multiple times per day for “disinfection” of the surfaces, it’s infuriating.
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Yeah, I'm sorry. So many such examples around the world.
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