• Re: "It just sort of appeared"

    From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Jan 15 17:31:13 2024
    On 1/15/24 4:55 PM, ScottW wrote:
    Who said it?
    What is the context?
    Why does it matter?

    Let's call on super-sleuth Stephen for answers!

    And it's another round of "guess what Scottie's thinking."

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Fascist Flea on Tue Jan 16 10:02:45 2024
    On 1/15/24 6:04 PM, Fascist Flea wrote:
    mINE109 wrote:

    Who said it?
    What is the context?
    Why does it matter?

    Let's call on super-sleuth Stephen for answers!
    And it's another round of "guess what Scottie's thinking."

    I guess that Witless is mocking himself.

    Informed =/= watches Fox

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Jan 16 12:36:34 2024
    On 1/16/24 12:13 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 3:31:16 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 1/15/24 4:55 PM, ScottW wrote:
    Who said it?
    What is the context?
    Why does it matter?

    Let's call on super-sleuth Stephen for answers!
    And it's another round of "guess what Scottie's thinking."

    6' spacing....which all your students want left in place.

    I actually do observe social distancing.

    The social distance thing may have "just sort of appeared" but it was
    based on the belief that illness was spread by droplets that didn't
    travel more than that.

    I've commented on this fallacy and the bias the medical community has
    against recognizing airborne illness several times.

    https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220902122738.htm

    Hed: How historical precedents impeded recognition of airborne COVID-19 transmission

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