This kind of thinking bothers me. If the truth is that fully vaccinated people have reduced their risk and masks are unnecessary, the CDC owes us that blunt assessment. No more "noble lies" in the hopes of swaying public behavior.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1393322817958055937 …
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Replying to @MichaelMaiello
My thinking has no "noble lie" in it. In fact, as I write, I'd like the CDC to say it all explicitly. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-masks-vaccines.html …pic.twitter.com/EFxExbQYK5
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Including in my thread, and if you look at my work for months, I keep repeating this. I'd appreciate the correction, because saying "sociology of it is important" is about enforcement considerations, not AT ALL about lying to the public. The opposite.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1393314146997972994 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepI'm on board with the "the vaccinated have lowered their personal risk back to baseline" but there's more to indoor mask mandates than that, including sociological factors. Many just became eligible! Even access isn't fully solved. Not sure about this hurry, this week.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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I'm missing the distinction. You say you're "not sure about the hurry." Shouldn't it be that the gov't release information as it's available? I get that there are enforcement considerations, access issues, etc. But it seems a lie of ommission if you hold back basic info.
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You’re not reading what I wrote. I am advocating releasing more info. That’s not the same as saying there are sociological considerations to enforcement.
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Replying to @zeynep @MichaelMaiello
Completely possible to say the vaccinated are back to baseline risk, but we can’t enforce masks by vaccination status indoors yet and it’s too soon because many states opened up eligibility too recently for everyone who wanted one to complete the process, for example.
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I may be misinterpreting the disagreement here, but it seems like
@MichaelMaiello views the CDCs mask guidance as a release of data and@zeynep more a recommendation of social behavior?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
No. I’m for more transparency and have always been. Read my piece for details. That’s not the disagreement.
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Replying to @zeynep @MichaelMaiello
I did read your piece & I don't have a problem w/ it. What I'm trying to say I think you both want information and transparency but view the purpose of the guidelines slightly differently. A message of findings to individuals vs a message to shape community health.
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