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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD

      Is this the first big US Omicron outbreak? Details pending but the Cornell campus is heavily vaccinated so I hope it follows the Norway superspreader trajectory—all asymptomatic or mild. (Some sort of social event? Many chains?) Check if elderly loved ones have their boosters!https://twitter.com/NeilLewisJr/status/1469795999564668929 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD @NeilLewisJr
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Dec 2021

      Also: remember likely mild in those with immunity doesn’t mean mild for those with no vaccination or prior infection, and antibody evasion like this variant is especially a threat to the elderly. Boosters greatly help restore the antibody response.

      26 replies 25 retweets 287 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Cornell University

      Cornell update. Yep, as suspected an Omicron outbreak. Denmark, UK, South Africa etc. already show us what to expect for the early stages. Expect more of this—again, note this isn't the same as an unvaccinated population having, say, a Delta surge.https://twitter.com/Cornell/status/1470795949492613128 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Cornell UniversityVerified account @Cornell
      In response to an increase in COVID-19 cases and evidence of the Omicron variant, Cornell is moving to Alert Level Red and announcing a number of immediate measures, including final exams moving online as of noon, Dec. 14. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/12/ithaca-campus-moving-alert-level-red …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

      It seems that all the students will now be sent home? While we need more time to have conclusive answers, basic principles and lab studies indicate this variant would pose the most threat to elderly—especially if without boosters. Maybe give the students an option to stay put?

      7:34 PM - 14 Dec 2021
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          I understand no university wants to deal with a wave of students testing positive, but one negative test in the past 48 hours is not going to contain this, and students going home to potentially infect family, especially grandparents, isn't a good outcome.pic.twitter.com/goUjjFRUaH

          16 replies 38 retweets 315 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Aintropy

          Yeah, not fun. But Omicron breakthroughs we've seen so far in young, vaccinated people have been mild to asymptomatic. As @andrew_croxford explained, there are real reasons to think that especially without boosters, elderly might be at much more risk.https://twitter.com/Aintropy/status/1470960681054834698 …

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          Aintropy @Aintropy
          Replying to @zeynep
          Spending Christmas alone during an Ithaca winter? Yea, right.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          I see mention-folk want to argue about vaccines. We can expect vaccines to greatly reduce severity, this to be mild to asymptomatic for vaxxed young people, but also see that especially for the elderly, a three shot series—like many other vaccines—seem needed. Walk and chew gum!

          9 replies 7 retweets 148 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tim Truth

          This argument is common but beyond stupid. Yes, we got effective vaccines less than a year into a pandemic from a novel virus, which means, we're figuring out the dose scheduling as we go along. Sorry the scientists don't have a crystal ball—go invent one.https://twitter.com/TimTruth1/status/1470966107720892425 …

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          Tim Truth @TimTruth1
          Replying to @zeynep @andrew_croxford
          NO ONE CAN ANSWER! pic.twitter.com/csFh6sJLcK
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021

          It takes many years to establish an optimum dosing schedule for vaccines after approval, three doses are fairly common, and we haven't even gotten a chance to change up from the ancestral spike. The pandemic response has many challenges, but an evolving booster schedule is fine.

          9 replies 48 retweets 342 likes
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        2. Aintropy‏ @Aintropy 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Spending Christmas alone during an Ithaca winter? Yea, right.

          5 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Snow Queen | 3vx‏ @strawberryMae 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @Aintropy @zeynep

          actually i've done this and it was glorious

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. Peter A. Shulman  📚‏ @pashulman 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          They are requiring negative tests to leave. Obviously not a guarantee but not nothing either.https://ithacavoice.com/2021/12/cornell-shuts-down-campus-due-to-omicron-outbreak-county-adds-four-more-covid-deaths/ …

          1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @pashulman

          That's actually worse, to require them to leave. A single test isn't going to catch enough people.

          1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
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        2. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Steven J. Frisch Retweeted The Veesler Lab

          Over 97% of those on campus were immunized, and one can assume a nontrivial percentage had a prior infection as well. Some were undoubtedly boosted. Significant immune escape is obviously a huge problem that we as a country are poorly prepared.https://twitter.com/veeslerlab/status/1470880278084161540 …

          Steven J. Frisch added,

          The Veesler Lab @veeslerlab
          Here is our assessment of #SARSCoV2 #Omicron receptor usage and immune evasion in collaboration with the team of @DavideCorti6 @Vir_Biotech Led by Elisabetta Cameroni, Christian Saliba, @johnbowenbio & Laura E. Rosen @HHMINEWS @UWBiochemistry https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.12.472269v1 … 1/8
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        3. RobinReynoldsHemsley‏ @RRHemsley 14 Dec 2021
          Replying to @stevenjfrisch @zeynep

          Can you confirm this? I read elsewhere that they defined “fully vaxxed” as one shot.

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