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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. Lindsay Mayka‏ @LindsayMayka 18 Dec 2021

      Am I the only one who thinks that this moment is absolutely nothing like March 2020? I kind of don’t get the comparisons

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
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      Yeah absolutely not. If anything, it’s the opposite end of the spectrum. Below is me, trying to convince people in March of 2020 that it wasn’t going to be “two weeks to flatten the curve”. Now, the opposite. This isn’t March 2020 at all.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1239665287726850051 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      This may be hard to hear but let me say it while things are still early. Maybe we'll get lucky with seasonality, immunity and antivirals. But a year or more of hardship is not implausible. "Flatten the curve" is about the immediate crisis. A difficult year will still be ahead.
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        1. Lindsay Mayka‏ @LindsayMayka 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @naomiprof

          I feel validated! I think my reaction comes from how alarmed I was in March 2020, thanks to following you and epidemiologists.

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        2. Edith Beerdsen‏ @edithbeerdsen 18 Dec 2021
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          Aren't the comparisons helpful, though, on a group level? I.e., if they result in more people taking measures aimed at slowing the spread.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @edithbeerdsen

          No, because once we lose credibility, people don’t listen to us either way. Just talk straight is the best method, in my view and also I think the right thing to do.

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        2. Caroline the Contrarian‏ @carolineistanbu 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @LindsayMayka @naomiprof

          what about early treatments, advice how to avoid longcovid? what should people do to take care of themselves in this wave? official guidance has given us almost nothing except labels of "low quality" on tons of small studies. one has to go to #longcovid patient threads for info

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        3. Damien‏ @mindstalk 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @carolineistanbu @zeynep and

          It's too soon to tell how deadly omicron is, let alone long covid. (far too soon.) Avoid people, wear good masks, and ventilate, as before.

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        1. Caroline the Contrarian‏ @carolineistanbu 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @LindsayMayka @naomiprof

          Gauteng, Netherlands, showing sharp downturns, but what about the impact of cases on longcovid? we will may be lucky, but i am not betting on it.

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        2. shiu‏ @minghon 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @LindsayMayka @naomiprof

          @zeynep Could you be more specific what you meant by "opposite end of the spectrum?" Or where I can learn about what you meant? Thank you.

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        3. Matthew‏ @MatthewDavidH 19 Dec 2021
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          I can't speak for @zeynep, but I can speak for myself and other virologists whom I know: there's a good chance the next six weeks or so will be the last really bad weeks of this pandemic in the US and EU. Big question is how hospitals cope over these six weeks.

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