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Handwashing practices, physical greetings (kissing in some cultures), sharing of eating utensils, personal space, city density; There's no reason to expect R0 v
by mtgp1000 6y ago
Handwashing practices, physical greetings (kissing in some cultures), sharing of eating utensils, personal space, city density; There's no reason to expect R0 values to be the same all over the world.
- kingkawn 6y agoOur treatment of race is quite sensical given that it’s misuse in the past has lead to totally nonsensical slaughter and destruction.
- booboolayla 6y ago"Sensical, but with a caveat"
- ojnabieoot 6y ago> prevents scientists from exploring the possibility that R0 values are culturally dependent This is just not true at all. Let’s call a spade a spade: you are abusing fears about COVID-19 to take a political shot against antiracists. The Lancet published “Ethnicity and COVID-19: an urgent public health research priority” in April: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30922-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... It is true that scientists can’t expect to publish about the racial aspects of coronavirus spread, for the same reasons they couldn’t publish about coronavirus differences between wizards and Muggles. Humans only have one race.