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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 25 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr Kathleen Bachynski

      You’re hearing about the new variant? B.1.1.529, soon to be Nu? Yes, the early signals are genuinely worrying. (This isn’t true for many; it is for this one. Dismissing this one isn’t wise.) It’s now spreading in a poor and poorly-vaccinated area. The world needs to step up.https://twitter.com/bachyns/status/1463915824536817669 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Dr Kathleen Bachynski @bachyns
      Hear hear. This new variant demands our attention, our action and our solidarity. Our wealthy institutions must send resources and support. It is in everybody’s best interest: our health, our economy, our global relationships, our common existence as people on this planet. https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/1463911554538160130 …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tulio de Oliveira

      Important thread.https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/1463911580555530248 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna
      We are working around the clock to understand effects on 1) Transmissibility, 2) vaccines, 3) Re-infection, disease severity, and diagnostics. We do have funding for science, but South Africa and Africa need financial help to support their deprived population and health system.
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Nov 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bloom Lab

      And Jesse (antigenic virus evolution expert) has a really solid thread, with a preliminary framework.https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/1464005692251992085 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Bloom Lab @jbloom_lab
      But I'd expect the Nu variant to cause more of a hit on vaccine- and infection-elicited antibody neutralization than anything we've seen so far. (6/n)
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      7:16 PM - 25 Nov 2021
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        2. Alicia Smith‏ @Alicia_Smith19 25 Nov 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Alicia Smith Retweeted Bloom Lab

          Needs higher transmissibility than Delta to displace it as a dominant variant. Thus far, most of its mutations are in sites recognized as impact on nAbs, not as much with transmission, which is good news.https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/1464005715102633986 …

          Alicia Smith added,

          Bloom Lab @jbloom_lab
          If selection was mostly for transmissibility, I'd expect sites of divergence of Nu and BANAL-20-52 relative to Wuhan-Hu-1 to perhaps be similarly distributed with respect to antigenic sites. But instead, Nu mutations much more focused in major antigenic sites. (14/n)
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        3. Eric Earling‏ @ericearling 25 Nov 2021
          Replying to @Alicia_Smith19 @zeynep

          Eric Earling Retweeted John Burn-Murdoch

          Yeah, more data is needed, but the “oh, Nu isn’t overtaking Delta because it isn’t more transmissible” isn’t a good bet at this point.https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1463956686075580421 …

          Eric Earling added,

          John Burn-MurdochVerified account @jburnmurdoch
          Five quick tweets on the new variant B.1.1.529 Caveat first: data here is *very* preliminary, so everything could change. Nonetheless, better safe than sorry. 1) Based on the data we have, this variant is out-competing others *far* faster than Beta and even Delta did 🚩🚩 pic.twitter.com/R2Ac4e4N6s
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        1. Shirley Hinze‏ @Rubychirp1 25 Nov 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          When I read about this yesterday concern was about how contagious it is. Today I see it's more than a concern It's spike proteins do have the ability to weaken vaccine/immune efficiency

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        1. Gregory Wieber‏ @dreamwieber 26 Nov 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          How do mutations affect the reliability of tests? Do PCR and rapid tests need to be reformulated?

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