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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2021

      Apparently, Germany stopped offering free rapid or PCR tests on the theory this would encourage remaining unvaccinated to get vaccinated. How many countries are designing public health policies by assigning it as homework to econ undergrads? Umpteenth example of this logic.pic.twitter.com/bE2TZbV7DG

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2021

      Moral hazards, risk compensation, financial incentives... Fine topics (and good homework subjects for econ undergrads!) but we need a bit of species-awareness here, along with some demand for empirical rigor and evidence before applying such logics to questions like this.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rileen Sinha

      Policies aimed at humans, not Vulcans.😂🖖People holding out on getting vaccinated this far into a global pandemic will likely respond to barriers to testing by... testing less. Something else is going on; and making sure they're tested is good policy.https://twitter.com/RileenSinha/status/1459256506352869385 …

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      Rileen Sinha @RileenSinha
      Replying to @zeynep
      What do you mean by "species awareness" in this context?
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Benjamin

      Now *this* part may work, especially over time and depending on age, but it depends, in my view, on the details of enforcement and kind of barriers. A mixture of the face-saving element and hassle, more than the cost which can lead to withdrawal/forgery.https://twitter.com/AmericanUmlaut/status/1459259575350214663 …

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      Benjamin @AmericanUmlaut
      Replying to @zeynep
      You've left out an important detail, which is that access to many public spaces now requires one to be tested if one is not immune via vaccination or past infection. It's not just that they figured people would get tested out of a sense of responsibility.
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted rst

      FWIW, I've found rapid tests very useful despite vaccination. Sniffles? Flu vaccine side effects? Meeting people with varying levels of risk? I can afford rapid tests and use them because I'd like to lessen the chances of unknowingly infecting others.https://twitter.com/rsthau/status/1459261713514209282 …

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      rst @rsthau
      Replying to @zeynep
      As if the vaccinated never need tests. (Have seen complaints about this from a vaccinated Berlin resident. )
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Wojtek Kopczuk

      Fair point. A lot of economists have been pushing back against evidence-free assumptions around such nudges and/or incentives, and some of the best empirical post-pandemic work showing these concerns weren't warranted came from econ people.https://twitter.com/wwwojtekk/status/1459615544018182157 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk
      I mean... The frustration since the beginning of pandemic were public health/epi people arguing for Peltzman effects (masks and less than 100% tests are false security!) and #EconTwitter pushing back. I'd venture to say that on average we like behavioral nudges less than them https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1459253565533437955 …
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2021

          (Also: I hadn't said econ undergrad to insult econ undergrads! It *is* appropriate homework to have young learners think through moral hazards via examples, but just not for this particular topic.)

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        1. Professor Childermass—AOC 2024‏ @PChildermass 14 Nov 2021
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          PH continues to pay far too much attention to economists.

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        1. Laura Henderson‏ @SixandLaura 14 Nov 2021
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          Did everyone forget psychologists exist?

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        1. bob‏ @bobbypelota 14 Nov 2021
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          "post-pandemic" ? I'm confused. When did the post-pandemic start? #COVID19 Post-pandemic? or 1918? We are in a different phase in certain "developed" countries but post? No vaccine equity, nor r they sterilizing vaccines. NPIs +resilience+time+ new therapeutics FOR ALL

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