Fair enough. I'm out of ideas for countering this particular argument which has been coming up on HN on almost every virus-related thread recently. Ignoring it

Fair enough. I'm out of ideas for countering this particular argument which has been coming up on HN on almost every virus-related thread recently. Ignoring it doesn't make it sound less convincing and engaging it just results in hopelessly-long back-and-forth citefests between two sides that cannot be convinced by anything the other says. I'm open to other suggestions at the email address in my profile.