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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 24 Jul 2021

      I wrote about Delta and why we should not surrender to our dysfunction. There's much to be done, from vaccine mandates (yes, yes, it's time) to strong mitigations in schools (the "unvaccinated" include ~50 million children under 12) to response to surges. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/opinion/coronavius-vaccine-masks.html …pic.twitter.com/RWES6JE3pb

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lbent

      Yep. The situation for them is immensely confusing and frustrating—this isn’t some small afterthought. Tens of millions of households! Plus there’s the immunocompromised.https://twitter.com/lbent/status/1418962247909523468 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Lbent @lbent
      Replying to @zeynep
      "How are parents supposed to negotiate a situation like this, especially if their children are under 12?" Exactly.
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted bpcostello

      I don’t think that’s really a valid general theory—the real evolutionary pressure is on transmitting and replicating, so as long as that happens the rest can vary in many ways. But our immune system does learn to fight viruses so repeated exposure can result in milder case.https://twitter.com/bpcostello/status/1418959854853570562 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      bpcostello @bpcostello
      Replying to @zeynep
      Any idea what happened to the theory that mutations get weaker because they want hosts to survive? Seems like Delta variant blew that hypothesis out of the water. Thanks
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Logan

      40% of staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are unvaccinated. They can transmit to the elderly, whose immune systems are less robust even if vaccinated. Children under 12 cannot be vaccinated. The immunocompromised aren't as well protected.https://twitter.com/loganerik/status/1418974631889981442 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Logan @loganerik
      Replying to @zeynep
      Why is it time to mandate vaccines when the evidence is mounting they largely protect only the individuals who take them?
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021

      Vaccine mandates are already used. We have an ongoing pandemic and many vulnerable populations who cannot fully protect themselves via vaccination. People have a right to refuse vaccination, but not a right to infect the elderly or the immunocompromised. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/opinion/coronavius-vaccine-masks.html …pic.twitter.com/HoaI2BQBZL

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lizard of Science with highly educated T cells 🧬 🦎

      The "labor shortage" can be solved by offering higher-wages and better working conditions. Most nursing homes are for-profit and receive substantial amounts of of taxpayer money, but many fail their residents and underpay their staff. This isn't working.https://twitter.com/sciliz/status/1418978414598529025 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Lizard of Science with highly educated T cells 🧬 🦎 @sciliz
      Its "obvious" to me long term care workers should be vaccinated. It wasn't obvious to me before, but I now recognize that the labor shortage has got to make it extremely challenging to mandate them. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1418976566839812105 …
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    7. Adrienne‏ @AdrienneRoyer 24 Jul 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      A major problem is understaffing. At my grandmother's old nursing home, the best CNA would work 16-hour shifts. It was cheaper to pay her overtime than hire additional workers. 😠

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021
      Replying to @AdrienneRoyer

      It's really not a good system, for residents or the overworked, underpaid staff.

      10:09 AM - 24 Jul 2021
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        2. Adrienne‏ @AdrienneRoyer 24 Jul 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I'm sitting in my grandmother's nursing home as I tweet this. It took 3 facilities before we found one that wasn't actively trying to kill her or neglect her. She had a leg amputated from bed sores (caused by neglect) and isn't diabetic. I have horror story after horror story.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Jul 2021
          Replying to @AdrienneRoyer

          I'm so sorry. The elderly are sometimes treated very badly in our society.

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