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    1. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      Compiling a list of predictive/prescriptive posts from the last 2 months that went against public authorities including those with very large twitter followings. The first, from 2021.06.28, is on whether Delta can be transmitted from vaccinated peoplehttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1409684314728452096 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      Vaccine evasion by Delta - seeing is believing. Good part is the vaccinated people (RNA vax) are having mild disease so far https://twitter.com/romeo_ph20/status/1407307271466479622 …
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    2. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

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      From 2021.06.29, on whether a surge would happenhttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1409982482972217345 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      I think more likely than not we will have surges of Delta in multiple states. And I think it will happen in the summer, not the fall. No math models, just a guess. https://twitter.com/maryaalexand1/status/1409975944564068358 …
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    3. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

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      From 2021.07.03 on whether we should be alarmedhttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1411408820161499139 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      "The seven-day average of new cases this week was up 10% compared to last week's average, Walensky said. "We don't want to alarm people*," she told NBC News after the briefing, "but we follow these numbers really, really carefully."" * Why not? https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-covid-cases-10-percent-hypertransmissible-delta-variant-spreads-n1272895 …
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    4. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      From 2021.07.03 on whether vaccinated people should wear a mask outside the househttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1411387876487532545 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      Sorry gotta go against Fauci on this one, just as I did in March 2020 on masks. If you don't want to be a breakthrough infection and pass on the virus (vaxxed still have ~20% the chance of unvaxxed with Delta) and you're highly exposed, then wear a mask. Simple, cheap, convenient https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1411378091587297282 …
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    5. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      From 2021.07.04 on whether there will be Delta deaths in Israelhttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1411590574981799944 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      Someone is forgetting it takes 1mo from cases to death. Today's deaths should be 0, because there were 0 cases 1 month ago, not because of the vaccine. Also few deaths expected for a while with daily cases ~200 and case fatality rate ~1% across all ages, <0.1% for those <50yo. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1411494583914041344 …
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    6. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      From 2021.07.04 on the wisdom of promoting maskless gatheringshttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1411759405675159552 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      We can be grateful to Slavitt for an impressively smooth vax rollout. But for no fault of the WH, Delta and vax intransigence has changed the game. Thus the mission is clearly not accomplished, and the celebratory mood as pushed by such posts will end up hurting WH credibility. https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1411749332630396929 …
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    7. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      From 2021.07.05 on Delta breaking CDC assumptions about transmission from vaccinated peoplehttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1412127857124397061 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      Our current health policies still derive from assessments of vaccine efficacy made in April. Delta should be forcing us to revisit those assessments, but instead CDC clings to the past. The public health system needs to get ahead of the problem, not fight the last battle. pic.twitter.com/IdD1tnvrqw
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    8. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 Retweeted Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬

      From 2021.07.07 on whether fear of Delta motivates or demotivates hold-outs to get vaccinatedhttps://twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1412870323645517827 …

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 added,

      Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬 @michaelzlin
      Explain to me how fear of a highly contagious variant will "hamper efforts to persuade remaining holdouts to get vaccinated against COVID-19"? Did health officials and their backers twist themselves into a logical pretzel, again? pic.twitter.com/z35fWK0aay
      3 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
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    9. Michael Lin, MD PhD  🧬‏ @michaelzlin 21 Aug 2021

      In case there was any doubt that fear of severe disease is a better motivator for getting vaccinated than the inconvenience of ignoring masking guidelineshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html …

      2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Aug 2021
      Replying to @michaelzlin

      It’s been amazing to see that one. Clearly, realistic fear has been motivating people. 90% of 65+ in the United States have at least one dose. That same demographic is very exposed to misinformation.

      6:46 PM - 21 Aug 2021
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        1. The REAL MillerFinch‏ @REALmillerfinch 21 Aug 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @michaelzlin

          Polio vaccinations were motivated by fear. It worked.

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