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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. Deepti Gurdasani‏ @dgurdasani1 19 Apr 2021

      Deepti Gurdasani Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Correcting some aspects here- 1. There have been outbreaks of the B.1.351 variants in primaries, and resulted in surge testing in schools 2. Schools in Scotland partly opened on the 22nd Feb (primaries), & positivity rates in children have increased several fold sincehttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1384304239959105536 …

      Deepti Gurdasani added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Thousands of retweets for implying a “5X” surge of B1617 variant is related to school openings in the UK—and rising despite vaccination, implying vaccine escape. I looked it up. The UK health secretary says there are “103 cases” and “vast majority” linked to international travel. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1384055231432986628 …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2021
      Replying to @dgurdasani1

      That’s not what his garbled string—just thrown together to scare–says. Enabling this isn’t harmless.

      9:21 PM - 19 Apr 2021
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        2. Deepti Gurdasani‏ @dgurdasani1 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I'm correcting your thread, which puts out information that isn't accurate (e.g. Scottish school openings). I've put down an evidenced thread here about variant spread in schools- we've learned a lot about this from our experience with B117 and now with B.1.351

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        3. Deepti Gurdasani‏ @dgurdasani1 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @dgurdasani1 @zeynep

          I do think B.1.617 rises are largely linked to travel, but there is community transmission of both B.1.617 and B.1.351 in England- we've been trying to get on top of the SA variant for a while with not much success. Schools have played a role in community spread.

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        1. Tres Leches‏ @eneldiluvio 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @dgurdasani1

          I can say i don't follow Eric out of fear at all. It's that he's been way out ahead of pretty much all the virologists, epidemiologists, European/North American state leaders & sci comm in identifying problems on the horizon. Does he use all caps and retweet a bit much, sure.

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        2. Tres Leches‏ @eneldiluvio 19 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @dgurdasani1

          But that pales in comparison to pointing to potential problems before they blindside us (Feb China...). May have helped save my elderly parents lives in Manhattan since I sent them into seclusion early on and they didn't come out till they were vaccinated.

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        3. Tony Fumano‏ @TonyFumano 20 Apr 2021
          Replying to @eneldiluvio @zeynep @dgurdasani1

          Agree.

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        1. Foresight  🧐 🧠 ❤️ 🔭, not Hopium  🙈 🔮 🙉‏ @ForesightWisdom 20 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @dgurdasani1

          “Thrown together to scare”. This is a scarecrow tactic, not that different from attempts to silence you and others about airborne transmission. Please, the public doesn’t need emotional hand holding and spoonfed “hopeful info”. Good decisions are not made by optimism.

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