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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Mar 2020

    Social distancing works. It worked during the 1918 influenza pandemic. It can work now. https://qz.com/1816060/a-chart-of-the-1918-spanish-flu-shows-why-social-distancing-works/ …

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      2. Naomi Wu 机械妖姬‏Verified account @RealSexyCyborg 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        Masks worked too then...

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      3. Timothy York‏ @AdmiralGou 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @RealSexyCyborg @gorskon

        All they had were gas masks for the soldiers to defend against chemical attacks. General population had nothingg.

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      1. Jasen with an E‏ @AlienCG 15 Mar 2020
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        Governor DeWine in Ohio cited the Philadelphia vs St Louis curves of the 1918 pandemic in his decision to close bars and restaurants (except for carry out and delivery).

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      1. James V. Kohl‏ @microRNApro 15 Mar 2020
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        https://science.sciencemag.org/content/315/5812/655.full … A two-amino acid change in the hemagglutinin of the 1918 influenza virus abolishes transmission

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      1. Jennifer Giles‏ @gilesj 16 Mar 2020
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        Do you have any response to the latest from @DrPaulOffit who says we’re overreacting and that our current “draconian measures” are doing more harm than good? Many of us who follow you, him, and others like you are a bit baffled by it.

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      1. Amber‏ @ambr1377_amber 16 Mar 2020
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        So did homeopathy.

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