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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kai Kupferschmidt

    First (probably of many) reports looking especially at the initial WHO response to the pandemic, and what went wrong there. Good points, including need for more clout, independence, and resources. I look forward to the investigation that looks at guidelines/recs (it will happen).https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1392428332873027587 …

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    Kai KupferschmidtVerified account @kakape
    The most comprehensive review of how the world responded to #covid19 and how to prevent the next pandemic was published today. It will likely be the basis of discussions in coming months and years and so I read it for you. Story here, thread to come: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/toxic-cocktail-panel-delivers-harsh-verdict-worlds-failure-prepare-pandemic …
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

        As with any such issue, there are sociological/institutional constraints, but also, clearly what was possible within such constraints but didn't happen. Masks recs (WHO did NOT recommend masks indoors until December 2020 if could be distanced), airborne/aerosol recognition etc.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

        Ideally, we'll eventually have an NTSB style no-blame post-mortem analysis—no blame because we've already seen the defensiveness (human, but not helpful) and it impedes understanding. Besides, the point is to figure things out for the future. We can and should do better.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

        Here, we need one for the CDC and at the state level as well, trying to understand both how the previous administration hampered efforts and also what wasn't working well (yes, those are intertwined, but both exist).

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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

        Here's a paper from Science modeling the early spread. Most introductions were dead-ends. Earlier acceptance of the key trifecta—indoor superspreading as choke-point, transmission without symptoms, and airborne spread—could have given us a different path.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6516/564.long …

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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

        (Also remember: when facing exponential growth, early action is worth so much more, and delay is very, very costly. There are things that will work early on in an epidemic that simply cannot keep up even just a few weeks later. I expect many papers will explore all that).

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      2. Geranorm‏ @Covidweary 12 May 2021
        Replying to @zeynep

        WHO‘s leadership and guidance during this whole pandemic was non-existent, slow when they did issue a statement and basically failed the world. Needs a complete overhaul. Too political.

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      3.  👽 kart (ographien)‏ @kartographien 12 May 2021
        Replying to @Covidweary @zeynep

        definitely more of a hinderance than a help. lives would've been saved had WHO literally not existed.

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      2. David States‏ @statesdj 12 May 2021
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        It’s a hard argument to make: Here’s an organization that screwed up big-time, we need to give them more power and more resources

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      3. oatc‏ @_oatc_ 12 May 2021
        Replying to @statesdj @zeynep

        Any UN body is hamstrung by not being able to contradict a member state, such as when China denies there is an outbreak for some weeks. Other states need a global intelligence system to bridge that gap.

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