During the pandemic, RSV and influenza (but little else) have been driven nearly to zero. They must be transmitted in the same ways as covid. It’s not clear how much of this is masks and how much is other interventions, but it’s not clear for covid, either.
We used to believe that for influenza handwashing and avoiding hand contact with mucous membranes is much more important than for covid. Are we updating on this?
I think that “we” believing is a category error. I think that even authorities “believing” is a category error. People did experiments to prove that hand sanitizer helped against the flu. They didn’t update on these experiments because they weren’t experiments to learn, but to prove what they wanted.
During the pandemic, RSV and influenza (but little else) have been driven nearly to zero. They must be transmitted in the same ways as covid. It’s not clear how much of this is masks and how much is other interventions, but it’s not clear for covid, either.
We used to believe that for influenza handwashing and avoiding hand contact with mucous membranes is much more important than for covid. Are we updating on this?
I think that “we” believing is a category error. I think that even authorities “believing” is a category error. People did experiments to prove that hand sanitizer helped against the flu. They didn’t update on these experiments because they weren’t experiments to learn, but to prove what they wanted.