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    1. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 19 Apr 2021

      Crazy idea but if we were actually MORE stringent about NPI for a short period while we vaccinate rapidly, cases would drop more quickly and facilitate a full reopening sooner instead of just grinding along as we’ve been doing

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2021
      Replying to @notdred

      More than a year into a pandemic, one ends up still explaining exponential threats, now you think we can consider exponential decay in how we respond? That's too easy. We must make it *harder* for ourselves over a longer period of time to earn it.

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        2. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Yup, and whoo boy are we ever earning itpic.twitter.com/w4WjHqCjYQ

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @notdred

          Also, for additional fun, why not unleash a debate on whether it is vaccines or lockdowns that cause drops? It's not like there were a gazillion explainers on herd immunity last year on when things are transmissible, those things would interact with effects beyond the vaccinated.

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        2. Zoë McLaren, PhD‏ @ZoeMcLaren 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @notdred

          I don’t think many people understand exponential decay at all. Even if they understand exponential growth. And very few people are talking about it when we look at graphs like these.

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        3. Dr Ed‏ @notdred 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @zeynep

          To be fair, nobody official is really making the case to the public. I’ve never once heard anyone in a position of authority talk about optimizing endgame strategies. It’s usually something like “we’ll reopen when it’s safe”

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        2. Sam Scarpino #BLM‏ @svscarpino 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @notdred

          You actually pointed out the *huge* benefit of coupling NPIs and vaccines in the UK data. We currently have 5.5 times more deaths each day per capita in the US. That's around *7,000* excess deaths in the US each week! https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1384224941353029641?s=20 …pic.twitter.com/rOjxDyNL8S

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @svscarpino @notdred

          Yeah, we're doing subpar to be honest, compared to what we could have done given our supply with a genuinely short-term but drastic upping of NPIs right as we ramped up vaccination. Road not taken. Exponential processes are so hard to communicate/understand.

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