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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by pmoriarty on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:14PM (#22428992)
Even if asymptomatic people transmit the virus "asymptomatic transmission likely plays a minor role in the epidemic overall, WHO says. People who cough or sneeze are more likely to spread the virus, the agency wrote"[1]

[1] - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati...

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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by eveningcoffee on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:45PM (#22429207)
WHO can say what they want but considering how the virus popped up in Italy tells a different story. Something has been overlooked.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by mercer on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:32AM (#22434718)
I agree. It's probably aliens. Or reptilians.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by eveningcoffee on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:42PM (#22436322)
Naturally argumentum ad hominem is always the best strategy.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions? by mercer on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:51AM (#22440810)
I think that's a fallacy fallacy right there, but I also think fallacies can be fun responses to stupidity. Fallacy is a strange word. Fallacy.
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