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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 18 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jonathan Lemire

      Huh. Delta’s threat was clear by end of May, from UK data and India. Omicron is developing fast, but thanks to South Africa we got a very early warning—and antibody evading variant of some sort was discussed a lot before then because that’s what the other human coronaviruses do.https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1472009383886393348 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jonathan LemireVerified account @JonLemire
      VP Kamala Harris: “We didn’t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn’t see Delta coming. “We didn’t see Omicron coming” https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-17/kamala-harris-in-interview-says-administration-did-not-anticipate-omicron-variant …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      I mean, yes, there were a few virologists writing op-eds in the New York Times as late as end of July denying that evidence was clear that Delta was more transmissible. (They blamed human behavior instead). But I don’t think that was representative of the general tone.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bloom Lab

      Jesse Bloom had this thread based on mutation scanning on November 25th, even before what we thought would be named Nu was named Omicron. (I think like a day or so after the South African scientists warned us and shared the genome?). Nailed it, too. Great science, delivered fast.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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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      Also, I wish we’d call this an antibody evading variant. It’s not really fully evading our vaccines. More breakthroughs and re-infections, sure. But that’s absolutely not like being back in March of 2020. We have vaccines. We understand Covid is airborne. We have drugs that work.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @mkarolian

      I don’t think I said everything is great. It’s still not being back at March 2020.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @mkarolian

      Yeah, totally understandable. It’s just terrible to be dealing with this.

      8:17 PM - 18 Dec 2021
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