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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 29 Dec 2021

      And here's a preprint. It has a positive finding, but do note it is tiny sample and there is no for-real control group—just comparison to national rates of hospitalization. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.16.21262044v3 … https://twitter.com/jpdleblanc/status/1476342862405111811 …pic.twitter.com/4lzlnxfvJY

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021

      Okay, here's a 2019 study. Same encouraging findings, same small sample, same "need a bigger trial" recommendation. https://twitter.com/microlabdoc/status/1476346209291886595 …pic.twitter.com/YP39ZOkIiW

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021

      I have the most sincere respect for the power of both placebo and nocebo—aka don't mess with folk medicine—but I can't help but get curious about trials for things with plausibility, like this.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Heckathorn

      Btw, I asked out of curiosity, and I know this is a common folk-remedy in some cultures but... just in case anyone is encountering this with a practical mindset. DO NOTE THE FOLLOWING. Rinsing nasal passages with tap/contaminated water has real risks!https://twitter.com/heckathorn_amy/status/1476353795927904259 …

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      Amy Heckathorn @heckathorn_amy
      Replying to @RobbDawson4 @specterm @zeynep
      YES! Or boiled water. Two people in Louisiana used tap water a few years ago and died from a brain eating amoeba. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tap-water-in-neti-pots-behind-two-brain-eating-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/ …
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    5. Blank‏ @Blank75531804 29 Dec 2021
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      This is ridiculous...You use tap water to wash your dishes, or brush teeth..if it was so infected with ameoba , millions would die..And Salt Water is medicine..no folk tale .SALT KILLS CELLS..no study needs to be done about this .this elementary school science knowledge

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    6. mimei9‏ @mimeisthai98 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @Blank75531804 @zeynep

      the article says the amoeba doesn't survive in the stomach acid but can survive in the nasal passages 😟

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    7. entirelyuseless‏ @entirelyuseles 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @mimeisthai98 @Blank75531804 @zeynep

      It also says infection is extremely rare even after exposure.

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    8. mimei9‏ @mimeisthai98 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @entirelyuseles @Blank75531804 @zeynep

      Yes, it's absurd to claim that if tap water "was so infected with ameoba, millions would die".

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    9. Blank‏ @Blank75531804 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @mimeisthai98 @entirelyuseles @zeynep

      No it is not...Millions of people use tap water daily..Brush teeth, or wash food..dont you accidentally snort water in the shower?.Germs are absorbed in the mouth or nose before they reach the stomach..so infected TAP WATER would be detrimental to millions

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    10. mimei9‏ @mimeisthai98 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @Blank75531804 @entirelyuseles @zeynep

      Read the article. Also how do you shower? 😂😂

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @mimeisthai98 @Blank75531804 @entirelyuseles

      Can you please drop me from this? Thanks.

      6:47 PM - 29 Dec 2021
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