Lambda COVID Variant 'a Potential Threat to Human Society,' Researchers Say

[bluewater]

77. It's a form of the Ad hominem Fallacy.

Attacking the presenter if you can't refute the facts.

But hey, I have seen people do the same thing about the New York Times and the Washington Post, so don't delete your thread too soon. lol

The same responder has also taken issue with the original study as posted on biorxiv.org, saying it's not factual. So I wouldn't delete the thread.

Fiendish Thingy (7,317 posts)

65. They aren't "facts" at this point, just a collection of data, correlates and speculation

As the article excerpted in the OP mentioned more than once, none of this data has been peer reviewed, and thus no evidence based conclusions can be drawn at this time.

This article was written to generate fear-based clicks.

Thanks for the thought provoking discussion.