So the passage appears to be from this 1992 book, which basically proposes a series of theories as to why influenza has persisted as a human infection for so long Not exactly up-to-date virology...pic.twitter.com/En9tDEyYVT
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So the passage appears to be from this 1992 book, which basically proposes a series of theories as to why influenza has persisted as a human infection for so long Not exactly up-to-date virology...pic.twitter.com/En9tDEyYVT
In fact, directly after the bit that Ivor quotes from the book, the author says that these theories are likely to be superseded...pic.twitter.com/GEaAkECw1j
Did he misspell "herpes"?
Omg, I made the error of actually reading his timeline. It's like the conflux of dumbfuckery.
Are we sure he is talking about influenza and not herpes simplex or such?
Nope, the book is explicitly about influenza
I’m not a virologist but I’m confident this is not a thing for flu.
I actually learned about this ( Hope Simpson, solar radiation ) from people here on twitter who otherwise - if its about something they object to - insist on evidence based practice .
I then pointed out
to reliably end the conversation :pic.twitter.com/xe8W97fsay
I’m not a virologist, but I’m feeling quite triggered.
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