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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 9 Aug 2021

      Oh my. The same team that the WHO has hired to review evidence on transmission of COVID *still* says it likely spreads by droplets and contact, rather than being airborne. (Competent countries' scientists had concluded it was airborne in February of 2020.) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/07/top-scientists-remain-puzzled-covid-spreads/ …pic.twitter.com/EyuiucEwCZ

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Aug 2021

      Imagine if we had started with precautions against aerosols—opened windows, went outside, avoided crowded indoors rather than six-feet rules, ventilated and filtered air, wore masks and paid attention to fit and filter (droplet interpretation is why they didn't recommend masks)..

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Aug 2021

          At least hide behind "the science has changed", you know? (Even though, after some understandable confusion at first, the evidence became pretty clear by Spring of 2020.) They double down, eighteen months into a pandemic? The amount of global harm caused by these fragile egos...

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Aug 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted DrProcrast.eth  🛡

          Wrote about ventilation and aerosol transmission for The Atlantic and The New York Times, including early on in the pandemic to put it on the mitigation agenda when it wasn’t, and co-author on a Lancet paper on it with 20th highest altmetric score out of ~17 million papers. Ok?https://twitter.com/DrProcrast/status/1424855730650292228 …

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          DrProcrast.eth  🛡 @DrProcrast
          Replying to @zeynep @Plinz
          Your comments show a complete lack of understanding of the complexity of the issue. Have you ever written a published a paper about droplets vs aerosols? No? Then sit down.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Aug 2021

          The weird part if this is the way to make credentials count is to make them work for is when we need them. I wish we were like other countries whose scientists recognized and recommended ventilation and masks—airborne mitigations—early on. Basics shouldn’t have been a fight.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Aug 2021

          I’m constantly walking by “outdoor” sections of restaurants in NYC so tightly-sealed that they’re.. air-conditioned.🙄 18 months into a pandemic! In the worst hit city in the United States!😢During a new surge. Meanwhile no returns because Covid! 🙄🙄 This isn’t how it should be.pic.twitter.com/XDfLVDfIvn

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        1. Amy‏ @blueWRL 9 Aug 2021
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          open windows and better ac filters instead of plexiglass

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        2. Sam Victor Jermy‏ @SamJermy 9 Aug 2021
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          So does that mean risk of catching it outside is very low?

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        3. Tina G‏ @TinaG_SD 9 Aug 2021
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          Always has been

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        2. Cheryl White‏ @LadyScorcher 9 Aug 2021
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          Ventilation means bringing outdoor air in to dilute the indoor air. Your A/C system might do that but if you're unable to get enough outdoor air in you can use filtration to remove bio-aerosols. Look up Corsi-Rosenthal boxes and wear a good mask when indoors with others.

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        2. Eric Black‏ @eric_black3 9 Aug 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          What did U think of Biden's former Covid advisor saying masks don't limit spread much?

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        3. David Chase‏ @Dr2chase 9 Aug 2021
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          Who cares? He's wrong.

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