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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 4 Aug 2021

      The CDC has a tough job, but it can do better by following its own recommendation that public health authorities "𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲", and avoid releasing information late & mixed messages from multiple experts. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/opinion/cdc-covid-guidelines.html … https://twitter.com/PaulSaxMD/status/1422907717556056067 …pic.twitter.com/QWfh2drA0d

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Aug 2021

      As I note in the piece, the CDC has such a difficult job right now, and many things aren't under its control. Still, we should say it can to do better: react early, forcefully and with a unified voice to brewing crises like Delta. We had data leak in dribs and drabs...

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Aug 2021

      On media coverage, especially on the Delta vaccinated/unvaccinated transmission that administration officials were upset with: Honestly, I agree with them that some coverage was pretty misleading—but it's *their* job to leave less space for that by being super clear and forceful.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Aug 2021

      FWIW, my piece from May on indoor mask guidance change: I wrote it was too soon and it was unrealistic to expect the unvaccinated to keep masking, and we should tie lifting mandates to benchmarks to protect the immunocompromised & the not-yet-vaccinated. .https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-masks-vaccines.html …

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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2021

          The print version has Rodin’s Thinker, with a mask at hand. 😀 I hope he’s also pondering a full FDA approval for vaccines now, expanding mandates, a strong push to reach more people, increasing mAb use, and urgent attention to school openings—masks, ventilation and rapid tests.pic.twitter.com/TcZQkvq5Ha

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        2. Andrea Bitar‏ @andrea_s_bitar 4 Aug 2021
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          We kept indoor masks in CA for an additional month and I don’t think it really helped much. We are not so different from states that lifted mask mandates much earlier. And things are now just as confused here.

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        3. Andrea Bitar‏ @andrea_s_bitar 4 Aug 2021
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          I’m not anti-mask, I’m just starting to wonder about the efficacy of masks vs vaccination & real world results.

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        2. DD‏ @DerricoD 4 Aug 2021
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          The indisputable fact is that you're lying. (For the not-willfully-lying: you can't divide deaths by the total number of people in the country, including all of those who never caught COVID. That's like saying 2 Americans died of Ebola so it has a 99.99999% survival rate.)

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        1. Saadia Toor‏ @pagalpanchi 4 Aug 2021
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          Honestly that was simple common sense even back then 🤦🏾‍♀️

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          I’m such a fangirl of yours @zeynep! 🙌🏽

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        1. Psychopomp Gecko‏ @PsychopompGecko 7 Aug 2021
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          Breaking story I just reported out: Looks like outdoor Covid transmission is happening at music festivals where people are crammed cheek-to-cheek https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pendleton-whisky-music-faster-horses-covid-outbreaks-outdoor-transmission-1208842/ …
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        1. Patrick Heemstra‏ @patrick23dingen 8 Aug 2021
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          This is what went wrong in The Netherlands. Look at the last wave. https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk/positief-geteste-mensen …pic.twitter.com/gOFP5R8hUc

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