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Re:Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on by notabee on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:32PM (#37486704)
I'm not sure what kind of strawman you're building here. Are you thinking that I'm arguing that all or even most norm-breakers are proven correct? I am arguing only that some norm breakers turn out to be prescient and thus overconfidence based on norms alone is treacherous and bound to be proven wrong at times as we learn more, and Normalcy Bias often prevents people from adequately assessing that risk. Here's another wikipedia link!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias

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Re:Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on by Cupertino95014 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:05PM (#37487346)
A "strawman" ? you said, "One of the first proponents for hand washing and hygiene during medical practice wound up dying in a mental asylum."

Maybe if you'd added, "of course, lots of people who wound up dying in a mental asylum are forgotten, with good reason" then I would've had nothing to say.

As it was, you cited an example as though that proved anything.

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