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virologist. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. in no order. facts referenced. opinions mine alone. not medical advice or endorsement.

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    ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 17 Apr 2021

    The fact that most respiratory virus infections happen when people spend time close together, doesn't automatically imply ballistic droplets are the main route of transmission. I'd just like this said more clearly. There are those who can't grasp this or

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      2. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 17 Apr 2021

        who observe short distances between donor case & recipient and think "must 'droplet' transmission" because measles does that.

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      3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 17 Apr 2021

        I really hope all this interest in transmission of one resp viruses translates into research & even better, clearer explanations for all others.

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      2. Johanna Edmond‏ @jvedmond 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @MackayIM

        Isn’t that a bit like the assumption by certain people in Jan/Feb 2020 that it couldn’t be transmitted in the presymptomatic incubation period? Why would they assume this was the one virus without that happening? A bit like not believing the paint is wet without touching it.

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      3. Wolfgang Gilliar‏ @gilliar_do 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @jvedmond @MackayIM

        love it (!) and if ok with you - will be using this: “A bit like not believing the paint is wet without touching it” sometimes I wonder how we ever made it to the moon...like wasn’t that in 1969 ??? – at Lake Las Vegas

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      2. Saskia Steinhorst‏ @scruffy65 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @MackayIM

        #RIVM (Dutch CDC) ".. we know that other people are predominantly infected via the larger droplets. These droplets don't travel far (usually less than 1,5 meter)." Daily number of cases in The Netherlands on 16 April: 8,966 and rising. Source:https://www.rivm.nl/coronavirus-covid-19/verspreiding …

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      3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @scruffy65

        Ugh.

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      2. Ryan Hisner‏ @LongDesertTrain 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @MackayIM

        It's the most basic of logical errors. The statement, "If A, then B" does not imply that "If B, then A" is true. Similarly, "If droplets, then short-range transmission" is true, but that does not mean "If short-range transmission, then droplets" is true.

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      3. Dr. M. Tullius "No Mercy for Seditionists" Cicero‏ @TulliusCicero43 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @LongDesertTrain @MackayIM

        Yep--fallacy of affirming the consequent.

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      2. Ryan Utter‏ @rye_b 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @MackayIM

        Ryan Utter Retweeted Ryan Utter

        Yup, it’s a logical fallacy:https://twitter.com/rye_b/status/1334943625587941379 …

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        Ryan Utter @rye_b
        COVID logical fallacies 1: Affirming the consequent Takes the formulation if A then B. B Therefore A This is incorrect. If A leads to B, affirming that B happens does not prove A. Other things can lead to B. This is called affirming the consequent. It is a logical fallacy.
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      3. Dr. M. Tullius "No Mercy for Seditionists" Cicero‏ @TulliusCicero43 17 Apr 2021
        Replying to @rye_b @MackayIM

        These days you could write a logic textbook using only Covid-related real-world examples to illustrate all the formal and informal fallacies.

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