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There’s already significant causal evidence on smoking causing increased lung cancer risk. False equivalence.
by throwawaysea 6y ago
There’s already significant causal evidence on smoking causing increased lung cancer risk. False equivalence.
- srean 6y agoExactly, yet ... folks are still dragging their feet about lack of convincing causal evidence that smoking increases lung cancer risk There are flat earthers and 'outdoor transmissions are rare'ers. Similarities are striking. Upton Sinclair still comes to the mind. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted# https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2... Political rallies cover two of three 'C's called out, but folks find it hard to believe when they are invested in a narrative that requires them not to believe. Even if the strain is a more virulent form, it is unlikely that that rallies helped keeping numbers in check. Targeted misdirection "oh look more virulent strain" is exactly that, a motivated misdirection.