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Re:Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on delibera... by GeekyBear on Sunday July 24, 2022 @09:44AM (#32213447)
A better example would be the scientists warning that Covid was airborne and cloth face masks were not sufficient to stop the spread of an airborne virus.
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Re:Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on delibera... by ncmncm on Sunday July 24, 2022 @11:03AM (#32214144)
That is not how it went.

The official line was that it was not airborne, and that if it were, masks wouldn't help. It turned out they were relying on a definition of "airborne" that only applied to tuberculosis. It really is airborne by an actually useful definition, in a way where masks can help. (And, incidentally, where those clear plastic barriers at stores don't.)

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