EBV was also shown to lead to multiple sclerosis decades later.

Just Long Covid should be enough reason, but funding research on postviral conditions would benefits so many more than the Long Covid patients. EBV is implicated in so many chronic/complicated illnesses.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 21 13:50:11 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Agreed Lawrence. We have EBV studies to continue but can’t get any interest from funders to do this https://twitter.com/lawrenceyoung11/status/1659983341670604801

-- Danny Altmann (@Daltmann10) Sat May 20 19:28:55 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

I agree. Conflating mundane and transient lingering symptoms common to other respiratory illnesses with significant, chronic issues even after mild acute cases and also with effects of severe illness/ICU has harmed understanding, research and support for those who need it most.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 21 14:45:57 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

@zeynep It would be better to talk about well-defined post-Covid diseases rather than Long Covid, because it is heterogeneous, which leads people to deny the problems.

-- Daniel Corcos (@daniel_corcos) Sun May 21 14:40:53 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Yes, huge challenge.

More precise subset definition would help.

Also, social media has hurt. Many mislead patients, including even MDs.

Obviously false claims like “One in six kids get Long Covid” (a recent viral lie) give easy ammo to those who would deny the real illness.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 21 15:29:57 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

@zeynep The acknowledgment of this link makes me somewhat hopeful, but how does research and treatment get funded? Doctors were bad at addressing post viral conditions pre-pandemic and it feels like increased LC awareness hasn’t made the situation much better

-- phil park, causer of latency (@philparkbot) Sun May 21 15:11:44 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Indeed, tragic.

Without a biomarker and a hostile MD environment, credibility is hard.

Without credibility, research funding is hard.

Without funding, hard to find a biomarker.

That’s why viral social media lies are so harmful: they damage already unjustly frail credibility.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 21 15:51:25 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

@zeynep sad to say but this feels like a rerun of long running debates within ME research which were never satisfactorily solved because the bottom line is that there was never the will to actually spend any money on the part of people who had it to spend

-- idca (@idca__) Sun May 21 15:38:43 +0000 2023

Two key sci and tech policy announcements at G7 Summit:
1️⃣the “Hiroshima AI process” for a generative AI action plan by the end of 2023
2️⃣affirmation of #openscience and “equitably disseminating scientific knowledge [and] publicly funded research outputs”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/20/g7-hiroshima-leaders-communique/

-- Alondra Nelson (@alondra) Sat May 20 11:38:34 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

A news article on a tragic case of a teen who suffered severe brain injury in a car crash in June 2019 is going screenshot viral as “see, Long Covid” because the liars know most won’t read it.

LC patients have real neurological problems. These lies hurt what they need: research.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sat May 20 16:53:24 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

(Why bother correcting things on this increasingly irrelevant platform? And it’s true.. one can’t really fight viral lies here. Too lopsided. But many LC patients are still here because they lack options, so I’ll keep occasionally noting the ones I encounter—time does the rest).

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sat May 20 16:57:47 +0000 2023

Based on a tiny (control n=311) prospective study with 5% response and poor data, where even authors note non-generalizability, people claim one in six kids develop Long Covid.

Actual patients are already wrongly disbelieved. Obviously false claims is the last thing they need.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 19 12:32:50 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @ImmuneMatters

The authors also highlight this, it is just unfortunate no every one reads the authors own conclusions, even stating to to apply their results at population level. Unfortunately, this paper will be used by some to mislead.

-- Immune_matters (@ImmuneMatters) Mon May 15 08:03:50 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Many academics do inflate findings in the abstract & discussion, but the real study limits often get noted due to peer review. Academics know this. Overtime, replication and actual high quality bigger data usually sort it out.

On Twitter, though, Long Covid patients are misled.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 19 12:37:15 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

World is moving on without the necessary attention to Long Covid.

People telling the truth about the research were harassed, often at the instigation of the liars. Result: the liars got clout in an increasingly irrelevant platform at the expense of the real fight for credibility

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 19 12:46:40 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Probably generalizes beyond long covid.

-- Paul Bruno (@Paul__Bruno) Fri May 19 12:38:44 +0000 2023

Paul Bruno tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

Many academics do inflate findings in the abstract & discussion, but the real study limits often get noted due to peer review. Academics know this. Overtime, replication and actual high quality bigger data usually sort it out.

On Twitter, though, Long Covid patients are misled.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 19 12:37:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Comment: Create an IPCC-like body to harness benefits and combat harms of digital tech https://go.nature.com/41Mjn2z

-- nature (@Nature) Wed May 17 18:06:41 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

What’s interesting is that some people using this very limited, non-generalizable study to *obviously falsely* claim one in six children develop Long Covid know they can get away with it but only on social media. That it actually harms real patients? Irrelevant to them, I guess.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 19 20:09:32 +0000 2023

We visited 22 re-education camps and detention facilities in Xinjiang to assess the Chinese government’s claim that all students have "graduated". What we found hints at a dark new chapter in China’s repression of the Uyghurs.

Here's what we saw 🧵

https://news.sky.com/story/whats-happened-to-chinas-uyghur-camps-12881984

-- Leo Lord-Jones (@leolordjones) Thu May 18 05:58:37 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

The UK tabloids are in a multi-year, unhinged campaign especially against Markle to bring her harm. I was shocked by the volume of awful, inciting material on her *every day*, for years, even when she isn’t publicly seen for months. It’s not regular tabloid fare. It’s a campaign.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 12:17:12 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

The campaign seem to have been successful at dehumanizing her. So many otherwise sensible people have been conditioned to believe the worst in her and lack basic human sympathy for her no matter what… https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1658995379390627843

-- Cordelia (@Cordelia894) Thu May 18 10:28:22 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

I know many regular people who don’t follow celebrity culture (I don’t!) find all this trivial. It’s not.

It’s the same forces that helped bring Brexit to the UK, and they’re gunning to get someone they’ve made into a political target —Markle & her family— harmed. It’s politics.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 12:21:05 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

In #Nature Joseph Bak-Coleman, Carl T. Bergstrom, Jennifer Jacquet, James Mickens, @zeynep & Timmons Roberts call for the establishment of an #IPCC like global institution for #AI

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9

-- Nicolas Zahn (@NZahn42) Thu May 18 08:46:34 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Yesterday, @OpenAI's @sama urged govt #AI regulation and licensing of LLMs
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/technology/openai-altman-artificial-intelligence-regulation.html?searchResultPosition=1 @ceciliakang
Today, @Nature, researchers call for a new intergovernmental panel
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9 @jbakcoleman @CT_Bergstrom @jenniferjacquet @zeynep @TimmonsRoberts

-- Eric Topol (@EricTopol) Wed May 17 15:27:13 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

The world needs more of these.

Long term, forward thinking longitudinal cohort studies. Tough to fund bc we live in a funding world where results are expected tomorrow.

But the dividends in terms of human knowledge, medicine, etc down the road are massive for these endeavors

-- Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) Fri May 19 00:53:53 +0000 2023

Michael Mina tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

The incredible insights that can be gained from large, open, long term cohort studies ⁦@uk_biobank⁩ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65615782

-- Jeremy Farrar (@JeremyFarrar) Thu May 18 19:30:01 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

The review paper on masks that Kirsch and Bass used to make claims that masks cause Long COVID has been retracted. The damage is done, but this is better late than never.

-- Leo Lam, Ph.D.💉⚕️🌎🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇭🇰 (@SeattleiteLeo) Thu May 18 21:47:36 +0000 2023

Leo Lam, Ph.D.💉⚕️🌎🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇭🇰 tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

This review into masks, which started the bizarre myth that face masks cause Long COVID, has just been retracted

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1221666/full https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1646772161640824832

-- Health Nerd (@GidMK) Thu May 18 20:55:01 +0000 2023

Important public health update. @CDCgov has issued its first ever standard for indoor air quality, recommending buildings aim for at least five air changes per hour (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/improving-ventilation-in-buildings.html)--one of the best practices recommended by @WHOSTP
cc: @zeynep
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/03/23/lets-clear-the-air-on-covid/

-- Alondra Nelson (@alondra) Wed May 17 18:51:38 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

-- Ronen Tamari (@rtk254) Wed May 17 16:55:54 +0000 2023

Ronen Tamari tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

We have a comment out today in @Nature, arguing that an IPCC-like body is necessary to address challenges facing our digital world.

co-authors: @zeynep, @MarkovMickens, @CT_Bergstrom, @jenniferjacquet and @TimmonsRoberts

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9

-- Joe Bak-Coleman (@jbakcoleman) Wed May 17 15:41:18 +0000 2023

This isn’t celebrity trifle. This kind of paparazzi behavior is dangerous. Inhuman to subject anyone to this, even if they’re famous.

Worse, this follow after a multi-year unhinged UK tabloid campaign against Markle — they publish dozens of horrible pieces about her *every day.*

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 00:35:58 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Police sources tell CNN that Harry & Meghan’s NYPD security detail was overwhelmed by paparazzi in cars & on motorcycles & scooters. The paps disregarded warnings & rode on the sidewalk to evade police until cops were forced to block off the 19th precinct.

-- R.S. Locke / Royal Suitor (@royal_suitor) Wed May 17 17:56:15 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Hating Meghan Markle, and inciting people to hate her, is a lucrative and deranged media business. It’s a multi year campaign.

One doesn’t have to care about that celebrity side to see this for exactly what it is. It’s an attempt to bring harm to her. No two ways about it.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 00:38:15 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Seriously, shame on anyone trying to justify all this just because they’re famous. You don’t even have to like the couple to have an ounce of decency about this. “It’s unacceptable, full stop” isn’t hard.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 00:45:41 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

*follows.

Folks, stop with the “it didn’t happen.” Have you all lost your minds?

Police sources, videos, interviews all confirmed multiple paparazzi chased them around Manhattan, while driving and behaving recklessly. Unacceptable and deranged behavior. Sadly lucrative though.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 00:49:06 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

This isn’t celebrity trifle. This kind of paparazzi behavior is dangerous. Inhuman to subject anyone to this, even if they’re famous.

Worse, this follow after a multi-year unhinged UK tabloid campaign against Markle — they publish dozens of horrible pieces about her *every day.* https://twitter.com/royal_suitor/status/1658894213168381953

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 00:35:58 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Scroll up for some details. This isn’t ordinary media or celebrity culture. It’s a deranged, obsessive campaign of hate—and add that it pays handsomely for paparazzi photos for the couple or their kids…

It’s the same people and methods that help push Brexit. This isn’t trivia.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Thu May 18 01:35:35 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

Not a celebrity kerfuffle: It's how you incite to get someone killed.

Meghan Markle hasn't been seen/spoken publicly for months so UK papers publish stalky "where is she" infographics. (WTF?)

But UK tabloids also publish DOZENS of SEPARATE deranged stories about her, everyday.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sat Apr 15 17:50:39 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

First it jumped from bats to pigs. Then pigs gave it to people. Now the brain-damaging Nipah virus has found a way to leap from bats to humans without an intermediary host. 🦇🦠 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-spillover/

-- Spencer Wells (@spwells) Wed May 17 21:17:17 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

I love this idea! Possibly the only way science could really influence the development of AI (and other information technology). Thanks ⁦@zeynep⁩ ⁦@CT_Bergstrom⁩ et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9

-- Larry Hunter (@ProfLHunter) Thu May 18 01:39:58 +0000 2023

there’s a lot going on here and none of it makes me feel that great but i think the adult marvel stuff is the bitterest pill

-- rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) Tue May 16 04:05:18 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

As predicted by many: Elon Musk finally arived at level YE

-- Wasnu schon wieder!? (@Wasnu7) Tue May 16 06:43:15 +0000 2023

Wasnu schon wieder!? tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @krassenstein

@krassenstein You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.

-- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Tue May 16 02:14:29 +0000 2023

1. None of the shared documents and carbon & copy court decisions refer to the the "throttling threat". That is the most important document which needs to be shared for full transparency @elonmusk. @davidakaye

-- Yaman Akdeniz (@cyberrights) Mon May 15 20:55:10 +0000 2023

Yaman Akdeniz tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

We are today sharing an update on our approach in Turkey.

We were in negotiation with the Turkish Government throughout last week, who made clear to us Twitter was the only social media service not complying in full with existing court orders.

We received what we believed to be… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1658208072215437314

-- Twitter Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) Mon May 15 20:29:47 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Replying to @cyberrights

2. Secondly, Twitter should also reveal how many applications have been lodged with the Turkish Constitutional Court subsequent to the rejected appeals as "concerns about freedom of expression" can only be addressed at that level.

-- Yaman Akdeniz (@cyberrights) Mon May 15 20:55:11 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

"This represents the first time in history that the agency has set a ventilation target to address respiratory infectious diseases." @j_g_allen writes. "For public health advocates who have been pushing for this change for years, it’s a moment to exhale."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/cdc-indoor-air-ventiliation-recommendation-ashrae/

-- Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) Mon May 15 19:59:59 +0000 2023

We are watching a disaster unfold in real-time as near Category 5 Cyclone Mocha approaches landfall in Bangladesh/Mynamar, one of the most vulnerable places in the world to storm surge where hundreds of thousands of refugees are currently living in low-lying camps near the coast.

-- Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) Sat May 13 20:39:23 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

The humanitarian consequences of Tropical Cyclone #Mocha may be far-reaching & devastating, given the millions of Rohingya & other displaced people living in camps near the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. Story w/ @ElleDubG https://www.axios.com/2023/05/13/tropical-cyclone-mocha-hits-myanmar-bangladesh

-- Andrew Freedman (@afreedma) Sat May 13 21:13:09 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Out in print in the Sunday edition.

Lab safety oversight remains a crucial and global challenge, and public relations over public safety about the problem is unacceptably common.

My piece reviews on new reporting from @alisonannyoung and others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 14 13:01:35 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

This is a comprehensive thread about the mechanics of how ballots are counted and verified. It’s true: the rules make it difficult to commit large-scale fraud without anyone noticing.

But it IS possible for those rules to change while votes are being cast.

It happened in 2017.

-- JamesInTurkey.com (@jamesinturkey) Sun May 14 12:58:40 +0000 2023

JamesInTurkey.com tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Thread on why "large scale fraud/massive ballot stuffing" is not possible. No, you cannot steal the Turkish elections. Unfortunately as always we've seen a lot of articles/comments the past few days & weeks claiming "the elections will be rigged/massive ballot stuffing". We've

-- Oğuz Arıkboğa (@OguzArikboga) Sun May 14 11:14:49 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

This should be a top global news item right now

-- Dr. Gaurab Basu (@GaurabBasuMDMPH) Sun May 14 12:56:21 +0000 2023

Dr. Gaurab Basu tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Bangladesh and Myanmar order mass evacuations. Cyclone Mocha makes landfall as one of the most powerful hurricanes. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-13/bangladesh-myanmar-order-mass-evacuations-as-cyclone-mocha-nears

Cyclone Nargis, which was just about as powerful as Mocha is likely to be, was the worst natural disaster in the history of Myanmar. In… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1657666092725051397

-- Akshat Rathi (@AkshatRathi) Sun May 14 08:36:09 +0000 2023

Reminder that the early results in the Turkish election aren’t indicative. (There is a large skew because of the population center size and reporting speed).

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 14 13:38:37 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

If we know anything about #Turkishelections, it's the first results will favor Erdogan over Kilicdaroglu, and as the night progresses it'll even out, or, even might fall behind this time. Official results start at 9 PM; in the past it's been decided last minute to allow earlier.

-- Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) Sun May 14 13:26:57 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Also. There are no large central ballot boxes in Turkey, and the initial process is set up to function well through adversarial monitoring.

Later steps can come under different kinds of challenges, though.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 14 13:41:28 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

This is a comprehensive thread about the mechanics of how ballots are counted and verified. It’s true: the rules make it difficult to commit large-scale fraud without anyone noticing.

But it IS possible for those rules to change while votes are being cast.

It happened in 2017. https://twitter.com/oguzarikboga/status/1657706023694618625

-- JamesInTurkey.com (@jamesinturkey) Sun May 14 12:58:40 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

From @zeynep column this week featuring Pandora's Gamble: "As Young’s remarkable book extensively documents, scientists are prone to the human and institutional instinct to deny problems..." Get the book: http://bit.ly/pandorasgamble Read her column: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=0kxn8zwgAv20q0QqOG02QMkZRsz38qJnqhBW8kVBTIDhg7yUGyayBdTh_8879qpHm61j6otpSVXpdgJYkW_GULYEEPzA2h6penc7cE3_haX2NE1pk-cg-JU6SxopP7T-x0wiDu1e4NyfZSjvAO9o7hUP2RbRvlb-QUEPkWtCwMgfPKWkU4ewjl_lWSpxwGN_HJ2M67Suo1pSSmncYsy8cKndJCifTeqgMTPdegwpC1xJ3LVnW6FZRUsGHTZJa9_J6CFqv4C-Xs6GWMlnE8LkkI1zbua77VWS16ZrWhtj0OXbRPuzXKByy9qD9YrtcO5W8G7UnQptVoaWTQ&smid=url-share

-- Alison Young (@alisonannyoung) Sun May 14 16:44:17 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

No paywall. 😁

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Sun May 14 22:41:35 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

With votes in Turkey’s elections still being tallied, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the main opposition leader said they were prepared for a runoff after it appeared neither had won an outright majority. https://nyti.ms/3MsEtyC

-- The New York Times (@nytimes) Mon May 15 00:37:08 +0000 2023

via @nytopinion from ⁦@zeynep⁩ featuring the important new book from ⁦@alisonannyoung⁩ — biosafety, especially around engineering more contagious viruses — is not what it needs to be. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

-- Marc Lipsitch (@mlipsitch) Fri May 12 11:23:04 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

With the election tomorrow, Twitter should at a minimum disclose which accounts it is withholding

-- Nate Schenkkan (@nateschenkkan) Sat May 13 11:05:52 +0000 2023

Nate Schenkkan tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

In response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available to the people of Turkey, we have taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey today.

-- Twitter Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) Sat May 13 03:00:14 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Hey Elon, 1. You should publish the threats and the requests and 2. Tell the Turkish nation that you will first challenge the requests in courts and 3. In the absence of any due process, you will NOT become complicit in censorship practices.

-- Yaman Akdeniz (@cyberrights) Sat May 13 18:15:17 +0000 2023

Yaman Akdeniz tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @krassenstein

@krassenstein @mattyglesias We could post what the government in Turkey sent us. Will do.

-- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Sat May 13 16:52:52 +0000 2023

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Strong props to @zeynep for dogged reporting. No agenda aside from truth, wherever that leads. Those who lauded her work on the vaccines will now urge caution cause this reporting counters a particular narrative.
Truth isn't good or bad. It just is.
Thanks, Zeynep

-- Tom Ruby (Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions) (@bgcts) Fri May 12 12:40:48 +0000 2023

Tom Ruby (Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions) tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

There are multiple underutilized levers to help encourage safer research globally, and one of them is publishing standards especially at top journals.

This is just the kind of issue that requires changing the structural incentives.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 13:51:01 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @zeynep

@zeynep @humblesci @alisonannyoung Agree 100% with this:

"One of the most important measures could be for top scientific journals to set high biosafety standards for what type of research they are willing to publish — similar to how research violating basic human rights would not be publishable."

-- harish seshadri (@harishseshadri2) Fri May 12 12:36:13 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Lost in the covid origins discourse are the known sociological and regulatory challenges to safely studying pathogens. It's good to see a step back taken and the problem looked at.

-- Joe Bak-Coleman (@jbakcoleman) Fri May 12 14:14:38 +0000 2023

Joe Bak-Coleman tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

The highlight of my book tour: I'm going on @BrianLehrer in a couple of minutes to talk about The Phoenix Economy. Call in with questions!

-- felix salmon (@felixsalmon) Fri May 12 15:12:28 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

"Lab safety is a global problem."

-- Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) Fri May 12 15:31:16 +0000 2023

Jeryl Bier tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

There has been far too much effort spent on trying to prove the origin of covid (maybe impossible), and not enough thought and effort given to the possible answers.

-- nothings monstered (@nothingsmonstrd) Fri May 12 15:37:38 +0000 2023

nothings monstered tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Great Report: The Pandemic Threat That Hasn’t Gone Away https://nyti.ms/3Bkrbxy?smid=nytcore-android-share

-- Dr. Gennadi Glinsky, MD, Ph.D. (@gglinskii) Fri May 12 15:44:54 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

A shoutout to the excellent investigative journalism of @alisonannyoung. And a warning: The Pandemic Threat That Hasn’t Gone Away https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?smid=tw-share

-- Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) Fri May 12 15:33:23 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

How much ventilation is enough? CDC now recommends aiming for 5 air changes per hour (ACH). This and other updates on Ventilation in Buildings at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/ventilation.html /1

-- Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) Fri May 12 15:48:30 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Replying to @deborahblum

@deborahblum @alisonannyoung ⬇️Thread from @zeynep with 🎁🔗

-- Daniel A. Walker 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌻😷🚴🏻 (@danwalker9999) Fri May 12 17:15:44 +0000 2023

Daniel A. Walker 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌻😷🚴🏻 tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

In her new book, “Pandora’s Gamble,” Alison Young “lays out the shocking extent of lax laboratory standards and procedures,” writes @zeynep, “and lack of accountability and transparency, in the United States and around the world.” https://nyti.ms/3M0XDdp

-- New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) Fri May 12 11:25:20 +0000 2023

Replying to @zeynep

Yes the amount of vitriol one faces for merely suggesting —with evidence and documentation— that biosafety isn’t where it should be given the risks is pretty intense. I understand the dynamic but it’s unhealthy and dangerous. And it backfires.

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 18:49:36 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

there is a funny biproduct of the polarization around the COVID lab leak theories in that "should there be more rules for laboratories that work with dangerous viruses" would, prior to 2020, probably code the opposite of how it does today https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1656994948946833408

-- Detective Doug Dimmadome (arriving on scene) 🚂🤠 (@what_tar_nation) Fri May 12 18:45:42 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

“In her new book, “Pandora’s Gamble,” Young lays out the shocking extent of lax laboratory standards and procedures, and lack of accountability and transparency, in the United States and around the world.” —Kudos to Alison Young https://lnkd.in/eUyc3Pkq

-- Dan Epstein (@epstein_dan) Fri May 12 13:47:53 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

Read thread from top

-- Mike Ward (@badsciencemonk) Fri May 12 19:30:32 +0000 2023

Mike Ward tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Replying to @oneunderscore__

When NBC News reached out — eight days after Clemens had heard of Twitter's animal torture video problem from her son's classmates and asked them for a response — Twitter responded with a poop emoji.

Hours later, they took down autocomplete for ALL searches.

-- Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) Fri May 12 17:16:05 +0000 2023

zeynep tufekci Retweeted

there is a funny biproduct of the polarization around the COVID lab leak theories in that "should there be more rules for laboratories that work with dangerous viruses" would, prior to 2020, probably code the opposite of how it does today

-- Detective Doug Dimmadome (arriving on scene) 🚂🤠 (@what_tar_nation) Fri May 12 18:45:42 +0000 2023

Detective Doug Dimmadome (arriving on scene) 🚂🤠 tweeted this while quoting the below tweet.

Even when something went wrong during research with H5N1 engineered to be airborne among mammals in 2019, a US lab shrugged off precautions.

If not for @alisonannyoung's dogged reporting, we wouldn't even know.

Lab safety is a global problem. No paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/covid-lab-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=tYLsHKEyYPZp-FhnOrVohd6Rnm8NZH8jw6do8Gwb5TYEc3M6WtiU5vn0r5aseNnp122GHTUSPaQs9cH8PJVTW4PZwJBUoRLOIFy41ToVsxPbcnnVm3uNWeksfWK-4e4LlFAHWXiXtsahy2_RtxeiqTbQMDuNmnYunAyrF4GRuNX18zh2Xdu__yOSO9Tbo3CMMBC5L9nH4RvQTKxNzeP29zws6davKroKQik9uvAvyNBPtz9JBA4WfIGbGWq1fxQ4vPMApITizKiVBmdn78E-onS_130Dnrvf8koaoXObpj_UYxmpIhh8njFd30IyteeuQ_tyP29CZYX8CQ&smid=url-share

-- zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) Fri May 12 12:09:15 +0000 2023