Why the fuck would you assume there was a fixed size pneumonia pie? Why would such a thing exist? What would put that literally insane notion in your head, that there ever was a divinely enforced pneumonia maximum for any given year
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NancyARandazzo and
If there is a new source of infections that cause pneumonia, there will be more pneumonia The viruses and bacteria don't all have a big group meeting where they adjust their schedules to make sure they don't step on each other's territory
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NancyARandazzo and
This is another gross, wild lay misunderstanding of statistics, an application of the gambler's fallacy "The average person gets in a car accident once every 18 years, and I just got in one, so for now I can stop wearing my seatbelt"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @eaton and
There are literally lists of the top 10 causes of death. Respiratory illness is a top killer. Of course there are many ways to arrange causes of death, comparing a death rate would be helpful in deciding if the measures of shutting down the economy have gone too far.
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Replying to @NancyARandazzo @eaton and
No, it wouldn't, because it is a known fact, thanks to Louis Pasteur's germ theory and the examples of many, many pandemics in the past, that infectious disease is contagious and spreads exponentially
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Replying to @arthur_affect @eaton and
“It’s not the germ, it’s the terrain.” We won’t know for a long time. The rate we’re testing with PCR, and serological tests rolling out next week, this is a whole new world. The shelter-in-place is inexcusable if the data turns out to be wrong. It is creating a mess.
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Replying to @NancyARandazzo @eaton and
"The terrain" JFC So you think that COVID-19 only wreaked havoc on Italy and filled up the morgues because, what, they eat too much pasta Same with the noodle-heavy cuisine in China I guess Americans who eat mostly bread will be fine
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NancyARandazzo and
Fucking garbage denialism always running through the same script We've known germs cause disease for hundreds of years and they'll take any excuse not to wash their hands
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Replying to @arthur_affect @eaton and
I drink unpasteurized milk, ‘cause I’m
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Replying to @NancyARandazzo @arthur_affect and
I do so love raw milk woo. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Raw_milk_movement …
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Raw milk took down a literal President of the United States and these fuckers think they know better
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NancyARandazzo and
*shrugs* That's the majority of humanity. We should be used to it by now.
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