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Zeynep Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci is a Turkish-American journalist.

History

COVID-19

On March 10, 2023, Tufekci published an op-ed in the New York Times criticizing the findings and authors of a Cochrane review which did not find evidence for safety or efficacy of wearing face masks for prevention of COVID-19 or protection from spread of SARS-CoV-2.1) Paul Thacker responded five days later by pointing out she had failed to disclose her own competing “study” which itself was a limited narrative review.2)

1)
Tufekci, Z. (2023, March 10). Opinion | Here’s Why the Science Is Clear That Masks Work. The New York Times. http://archive.today/2023.03.14-105803/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opinion/masks-work-cochrane-study.html
2)
Thacker, P. D. (2023, March 15). Unmasking the New York Times’ Zeynep Tufekci. Substack. http://archive.today/2023.03.15-190936/https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/unmasking-the-new-york-times-zeynep?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=264299&post_id=108593577&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email