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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

      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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    2. 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 …

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      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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    3. 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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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      I know it’s uncomfortable but there’s still uncertainty to what will happen in the United States or in Europe—or in other places. I think South Africa data has taken some of the worst-case scenarios off the table, but a whole lot of unknowns remain and many options are possible.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      So much discourse around “is it mild”—not even coherent, conflating intrinsic virulence with immunity. But health-care crisis looks dangerous even if small percent is severe: that can be a big number in a huge wave. HCW already exhausted, plus many will test positive.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021

      I know President Biden will address the nation on Tuesdy. I would like daily press briefings from the CDC, and weekly updates from the President. It’s okay to say “here’s what we don’t yet know.” People need frequent updates, explanations, and a sense of the plan, no?

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    7. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      I think this would be disastrous. A deluge of information people don't understand with daily live coverage.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      Right now people are filling in the vacuum with social media. That’s not better. People who don’t care will tune it out anyway. People who do, need info. Twice a week then. There needs to be an authoritative voice.

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    9. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      They don't need info, they need a basic message of "vax and boost." The rest is noise and will only provide material for daily recaps on cable that will scare the shit out of people without really informing them about anything.

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom

      I don’t think that’s right. Huge number of vaccinated & even boosted people will have breakthroughs. Simultaneously. We’ll run out of PCR tests. No rapid tests are available. Booster appointments are into January. Quarantine protocols won’t work. Hospitals may run out of staff.+

      4 replies 3 retweets 32 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @RadioFreeTom

      We just learned the vaccine for under fives was not immunogenic. So they will remain unvaccinated for a while more—especially bad for infants. Schools are closing, what’s the childcare plan, at a minimum? Masks are still not upgraded—the market is flooded with counterfeits.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @RadioFreeTom

          This needs a plan beyond “get vaccinated and get boosted.” A wave is coming—and we may get lucky but nobody knows for sure if we will. Triage mode needs leadership. Lots of things may need changing if middle scenarios happen—not at all ruled out.

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        3. Two all the way, a coffee milk, and a Del's‏ @RIOldFolksHome 18 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @RadioFreeTom

          All correct. We absolutely need a plan and leadership. But given the media (and the populace!) these days what good will daily reports do? It’ll just be whipped into some worse-than-no-info frenzy.

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        1. JNowak‏ @jlnowak 19 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @RadioFreeTom

          Whoa! As recently as late Friday afternoon PST, I was hearing about how good it was looking for children under-5. 😢 I take care of my infant grandchild 2 days/week. This is not good news.

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