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NNadir

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22. I could write letters like that all day to newspapers and websites...

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:31 PM

Jul 2020

...endlessly, without ever catching up, and it would do no good.

It's almost certainly more desirable to just read real science, rather than to spit in the wind about "science" "journalism"

Regrettably, the news industry - like many other industries, often, I regret to say, including science - is more about marketing than quality.

There may be some journalists here and there who give a shit about balance and the truth, but they probably don't go very far in their organizations.

Is it just possible that an incompetent, immoral, racist, moron is in the office of the President of the United States because hyping his every word made good journalistic marketing in 2016?

Are the people who work for, say, Fox News, journalists or marketeers?

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"Scientists Say WHO Ignores The Risk That Coronavirus Floats In Air As Aerosol" [View all] appalachiablue Jul 2020 OP

Makes sense but why is WHO ignoring it? soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Perhaps they actually think only two pathways are significant, appalachiablue Jul 2020 #3

Yeah that latter bit soothsayer Jul 2020 #4

I would be leery of air recirculating with HVAC systems... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #5

You know, a perspective on aerosol transmission was published in Science recently. NNadir Jul 2020 #19

I've read papers from several epidemiologists... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #2

Yes, right. Isn't that one of the reasons for social distancing... brush Jul 2020 #7

Quite the contrary. Igel Jul 2020 #8

It was clear that asymptomatic people could spread it long before April. Chemisse Jul 2020 #6

Yes and no. Igel Jul 2020 #9

Do real N95 masks catch stop type of type spread or not? BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #10

They work better at blocking aerosols than droplets... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #11

THANK YOU!!! BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #12

Are her N95 masks uncomfortable or something? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #13

I don't know what her problem is... BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #15

I plan to keep using mine until it's difficult... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #16

That's what I do too. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #17

+1 CountAllVotes Jul 2020 #25

This is great! n/t Chemisse Jul 2020 #14

Great video on the N95 mask. Thanks for sharing! Nitram Jul 2020 #20

Great info. CountAllVotes Jul 2020 #24

You can, but it might require some digging around the internet. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #26

Whenever I read a headline from a journalist that begins with the words "Scientists say..." NNadir Jul 2020 #18

Why not contact the writer, and/or appalachiablue Jul 2020 #21

I could write letters like that all day to newspapers and websites... NNadir Jul 2020 #22

Much of US news unfortunately went over to the commercial appalachiablue Jul 2020 #23