3 ms·
> the primary mechanism of transmission [...] has been known I thought the entire point of this post was that there were multiple competing theories and little
by andybak 7y ago
> the primary mechanism of transmission [...] has been known
I thought the entire point of this post was that there were multiple competing theories and little agreement or certainty? Your use of the phrase "has been known" implies a broad consensus in public health circles. I've seen very little consensus on any feature of this pandemic.
- macintux 7y agoThe fog of war seems to be relenting, but as a casual observer it's been maddening to see so much conflicting information and the corresponding cherry-picking of information to assert that this is overblown.
- clairity 7y agono, the point of the article was that while there are competing theories of transmission, the centrality of the ballistic transmission mechanism has been known for a while (from prior coronavirus studies) and has been relatively undisputed as the primary transmission vector. to wit (from the article), > "When do COVID-19 SSEs happen? Based on the list I’ve assembled, the short answer is: Wherever and whenever people are up in each other’s faces, laughing, shouting, cheering, sobbing, singing, greeting, and praying. You don’t have to be a 19th-century German bacteriologist or MIT expert in mucosalivary ballistics to understand what this tells us about the most likely mode of transmission."