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My impression was this common idea has not yet been found in research though -- do you have any studies to back this up?
by thex10 6y ago
My impression was this common idea has not yet been found in research though -- do you have any studies to back this up?
- seizethecheese 6y agoIt’s harder to isolate than a sports team, but that there is an effect is just common sense.
- sdenton4 6y agoIt doesn't seem hard to isolate; some people drive every day, and others ride transit. Common sense is often wrong, so it's good to interrogate it. (E.g., maybe constant low level exposures lead to stronger immune systems and less loss of life? Common sense tells me it's an effect!)
- kennywinker 6y agoBut lots of other things likely co-vary with use of public transit, the obvious one being income level
- throwaway894345 6y agoNo, this is speculative. To be clear, the absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence at least in the very short term. Research and analysis take time.
- im3w1l 6y agoI trust reasoning from first principles and mechanisms of action* more than pure observation. Because principles are robust, while patterns are fleeting and don't necessarily generalize across time or space. * Which are found based from observation and statistics mind you. In this case the mechanics of disease spread in public transportation are very obvious.