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Covid was also initially stated to not be a concern because human to human transmission wasn’t thought to be possible, then it didn’t have aerosol transmission,

Covid was also initially stated to not be a concern because human to human transmission wasn’t thought to be possible, then it didn’t have aerosol transmission, then it became inevitable that basically everyone would get infected. I think it’ll take a couple weeks until we know whether this is an evolution that has airborne transmission or it’s just being spread through physical contact (and it fortunately seems to just be the latter). Until then it’s some researchers saying it won’t spread beyond a few cases and some people saying it’s the next plague.

version_five 4y ago
This is a known disease that has some pretty distinct clusters. No doubt people would love to draw covid analogies, and will try and use the recent pandemic to try and amplify their own importance, but without some compelling evidence it is absurd to read further into this
- wowokay 4y ago
  - version_five 4y ago
    Your assertion is as speculative as making up that any kind of disease has mutated and has a new transmission mechanism. As I said, there would need to be actual evidence before this gets any serious consideration. Just imagining the possibility because we've recently had another diseaed spread doesn't count for anything.
  - XFrequentist 4y ago
    Huh? COVID-19 is caused by SARS-COV-2, which was entirely unknown at the outset. In contrast there are about 2k Monkeypox cases per year, still lots of unknowns but pandemic potential is near nil IMO.
  - thfuran 4y ago
    >the media gets to run with it like Covid it could become a pandemic. Are you trying to say that cnn spread covid?
- konfusinomicon 4y ago
  - jjeaff 4y ago
    Probably the same people who got rich from government mandated masks... No one.
    - version_five 4y ago
      The GP had a throwaway comment but yours is just wrong. Do you think the companies making all the masks did so out of altruism? Government mandates of various kinds, plus covid fear in general, made all kinds of people rich. They also made many people poor. Regardless of whether you support different mandates, there were massive profits everywhere from them
      - jjeaff 4y ago
        You can Google the stories of US mask manufacturers. Most were only able to sell for a little while before Chinese suppliers came back and undercut them again.
    - konfusinomicon 4y ago
      that's delusional. there was rampant profiteering in the PPE industry, especially the companies that had government contract. the evidence of it is just 1 Google search away
      - jjeaff 4y ago
        Resellers, yes. But there are quite a few stories of how American mask manufacturers got the shaft after they spent money to ramp up production and then big buyers went immediately back to cheaper, foreign alternatives the moment they were available again. Now those manufacturers are stuck with huge supply gluts and have had to lay off workers.
ekianjo 4y ago

version_five 4y ago

This is a known disease that has some pretty distinct clusters. No doubt people would love to draw covid analogies, and will try and use the recent pandemic to try and amplify their own importance, but without some compelling evidence it is absurd to read further into this

wowokay 4y ago
- version_five 4y ago
  Your assertion is as speculative as making up that any kind of disease has mutated and has a new transmission mechanism. As I said, there would need to be actual evidence before this gets any serious consideration. Just imagining the possibility because we've recently had another diseaed spread doesn't count for anything.
- XFrequentist 4y ago
  Huh? COVID-19 is caused by SARS-COV-2, which was entirely unknown at the outset. In contrast there are about 2k Monkeypox cases per year, still lots of unknowns but pandemic potential is near nil IMO.
- thfuran 4y ago
  >the media gets to run with it like Covid it could become a pandemic. Are you trying to say that cnn spread covid?
konfusinomicon 4y ago
- jjeaff 4y ago
  Probably the same people who got rich from government mandated masks... No one.
  - version_five 4y ago
    The GP had a throwaway comment but yours is just wrong. Do you think the companies making all the masks did so out of altruism? Government mandates of various kinds, plus covid fear in general, made all kinds of people rich. They also made many people poor. Regardless of whether you support different mandates, there were massive profits everywhere from them
    - jjeaff 4y ago
      You can Google the stories of US mask manufacturers. Most were only able to sell for a little while before Chinese suppliers came back and undercut them again.
  - konfusinomicon 4y ago
    that's delusional. there was rampant profiteering in the PPE industry, especially the companies that had government contract. the evidence of it is just 1 Google search away
    - jjeaff 4y ago
      Resellers, yes. But there are quite a few stories of how American mask manufacturers got the shaft after they spent money to ramp up production and then big buyers went immediately back to cheaper, foreign alternatives the moment they were available again. Now those manufacturers are stuck with huge supply gluts and have had to lay off workers.

ekianjo 4y ago