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Re:Animals Use Social Distancing to Avoid Disease by jonfw on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:32AM (#23780676)
They're attempting to paint this advice as coming from experts- but without attaching names, we're relying solely on the credibility of the author from the NYT. Given the incentive structure of being an internet blogger (sensationalism = $$$$), that credibility is very limited.

Science is much more rigorous than this article- but it's a fun read.

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Re:Animals Use Social Distancing to Avoid Disease by ardy42 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:45AM (#23780836)
> They're attempting to paint this advice as coming from experts- but without attaching names

You mean these names? They're linked in the article.

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa939...

They're credible enough and this action public enough that the WHO got the message: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/health/coronavirus-aeroso....

> we're relying solely on the credibility of the author from the NYT. Given the incentive structure of being an internet blogger (sensationalism = $$$$), that credibility is very limited.

The NYT isn't a blog.

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