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"Couldn't be real" is a complete misinterpretation of the paper. The "medical establishment" asserts that many diseases are transmitted by aerosol (ie very smal
by danmaz74 3y ago
"Couldn't be real" is a complete misinterpretation of the paper. The "medical establishment" asserts that many diseases are transmitted by aerosol (ie very small droplets), but many more - and especially those similar to covid-19 - are transmitted by larger droplets, which travel less far. This isn't anything trivial as your comment makes it look like.
- neoflame 3y agoCitation 3 of the linked paper is https://twitter.com/who/status/1243972193169616898 https://twitter.com/who/status/1243972193169616898. I don't see how a tweet by the WHO beginning with "FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne" can be construed as anything but a denial that COVID-19 is airborne.
- burnished 3y agoThey were referencing this >the medical establishment's position that airborne transmission couldn't be real because it reminded everyone too much of miasma theory In the post they were responding to
- gowld 3y agoWHO is a political organization, not medical establishment. Chinese Communist Party has veto power over WHO's statements.
- sampo 3y ago> especially those similar to covid-19 - are transmitted by larger droplets, which travel less far. The medical establishment believed that (some may still believe). But it is not true. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd9149 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd9149