People's internal mental heuristic of "hygiene" and how germ theory actually works are barely related and this has been a constant problem for decades Just because something is grimy or dirty or smelly doesn't mean it has the coronavirus The virus comes from living peoplehttps://twitter.com/beyerstein/status/1261009129893699586 …
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I believe he convinced the local authorities to remove the handle as an official act, but if anything that makes an even stronger point about the current mess.
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If you haven’t read it I highly recommend The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson. It’s about John Snow and cholera but there is a lot of eerie resonance with the current situation (right down to the insane quack remedies and xenophobic explanations for disease)
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Thanks Kevin for the Ghost Map plug. I have a new one just published this week that's written in a very similar style, though it's about pirates (and a million other things, like Ghost Map.)https://stevenberlinjohnson.com/the-enemy-of-all-mankind-is-at-large-b7d00d3b2e91 …
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