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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 8 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted PM's Office of Japan

      I learned much of this first from a virologist and infectious disease specialist in Japan, Dr. Oshitani who had everything—aerosols, presymptomatic transmission, clusters—nailed by February of 2020. For purposes messaging, this is it, from March 2020:https://twitter.com/JPN_PMO/status/1244231002257383424 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      PM's Office of JapanVerified account @JPN_PMO
      #COVID19 update: The experts on the novel #coronavirus stress the need to avoid three overlapping conditions. The “Three Cs” are: closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings. http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/content/000061935.pdf … (please follow the guidelines for the public use of this poster.) pic.twitter.com/dON2CasDAE
      26 replies 281 retweets 906 likes
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 May 2021

      The neat part is the update is because right after the article went live, CDC also updated its guidance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html …pic.twitter.com/EkgEGSmLme

      8 replies 26 retweets 235 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Roxanne Khamsi

      Also I want to highlight this by @rkhamsi, which is one of the earliest pieces I know of in English on all this. March 14, 2020. Look how well it holds up as well, especially in highlighting the need to move beyond the dichotomies quickly.https://twitter.com/rkhamsi/status/1238807298673434625 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Roxanne KhamsiVerified account @rkhamsi
      Is the virus that causes #COVID19 airborne? I spent the last week talking to experts who challenge public health officials’ black-and-white approach to talking about this: https://www.wired.com/story/they-say-coronavirus-isnt-airborne-but-its-definitely-borne-by-air/ …
      10 replies 42 retweets 261 likes
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 May 2021

      The central statement of the group is: “The transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 viruses takes place almost without exception indoors.” ht @BernieCornfeldhttps://www.thelocal.de/20210412/danger-lurks-inside-german-aerosol-experts-say-covid-restrictions-should-target-indoor-areas/ …

      12 replies 204 retweets 545 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ty Schalter

      This isn’t exactly true though, for this. Once aerosol transmission is correctly understood, it actually *unlocks* effective mitigations, especially since SARS-CoV-2 is overdispersed (either superspreadering OR low transmission). Aerosol recognition shows us its chokepoints.https://twitter.com/tyschalter/status/1391386430572797957 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ty SchalterVerified account @tyschalter
      I remember being weirded out by this at the very beginning. Everything I was reading was like, "If it's droplets, we'll want to wipe down surfaces and avoid touching our faces. If it's aerosols...well, if it's aerosols we're SCREWED, so it CAN'T be that" https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1390738628528201735 …
      8 replies 52 retweets 262 likes
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Joanna Teglund  😷  🪟 Don't get infected #ZeroCovid

      I just want to keep highlighting that there are very few confirmed outdoor transmission cases at all, and they are mostly in the context of prolonged *and* really close contact AND that the science of aerosol transmission makes it very clear why outdoors is so so much safer.https://twitter.com/JoannaTeglund/status/1390681712682749952 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Joanna Teglund  😷  🪟 Don't get infected #ZeroCovid @JoannaTeglund
      Replying to @IvaWest_SE @KBIvarsson and 3 others
      Outdoors isn't safe, but you can minimize the risk keeping distance and using masks. There are special masks for singers. https://twitter.com/JoannaTeglund/status/1390390342239858695 …
      15 replies 127 retweets 485 likes
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eric Topol

      My piece on the history and the context of the debate over aerosol transmission is out in print today in the New York Times. (Online is longer and linked below, print is shorter!): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html …https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1391642044167196675 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Eric TopolVerified account @EricTopol
      A masterpiece in print 🙏 @zeynep pic.twitter.com/60Drai5ikJ
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      4 replies 45 retweets 146 likes
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2021

      So much gratitude to @avizvizenilman and @isaacscher who provided incredible research assistance. The piece was fact-checked within an inch of its life over many days, and it's the tip of an iceberg in terms of the research and documentation that went into it.

      2 replies 6 retweets 79 likes
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez

      Look at this incredible thread by @jljcolorado on the history of aerosol denial/misunderstandings/errors. I put (what I could fit) to highlight this. There's something to say about individual conduct during all this—but also that this is a longer history.https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1391111720526024708 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Prof. Jose-Luis JimenezVerified account @jljcolorado
      1/ TIME FOR SOME AIRBORNE + DROPLET HISTORY Now that @WHO and @CDCgov have finally accepted *after a year of denial and delays* that airborne transmission is a major mode for COVID-19, it is time to review the history to try to understand why this response was so poor.
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      3 replies 63 retweets 177 likes
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    10. Guthrie “Give The Keys to Kang” Edson‏ @EdsonGuthrie 10 May 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @jljcolorado

      I’m a high school soccer referee and my state association just backed off their mandate of “sanitation breaks” midway through each half, where we’d stop the game and have the trainer spray down the balls. I thought of what you’ve said during every one of these breaks.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 May 2021
      Replying to @EdsonGuthrie @jljcolorado

      My goodness.

      5:46 AM - 10 May 2021
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        1. Guthrie “Give The Keys to Kang” Edson‏ @EdsonGuthrie 10 May 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @jljcolorado

          “What would Zeynep do?” is the exact thought I have every single time we do this break

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