As the world grapples to make sense of this pandemic, sociologist Zeynep Tufekci has consistently been ahead of the curve. So much so that the NYT wrote a profile of her, as the woman who «keeps getting the big things right». In this new piece, she focuses on the fact that a majority of people infected with the coronavirus don’t pass the virus on. Why that makes R a flawed indicator, what needs to be changed about contact tracing, and why Sweden doesn’t deserve its special role in debates about strategies.

From Weekly Filet #319, in October 2020.