News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on. Parent comment

Re:Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on by nix0n on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:45PM (#37486932)
> what about all the people who challenged what was "considered normal socially" and actually were proven wrong?

There are not many of those, because of herd mentality. (Edit: I mean Normalcy Bias, thanks "notabee")

If a person is unusual enough, they are dismissed as cranks without any sort of proof required.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on by Cupertino95014 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:10PM (#37487438)
This isn't even a response to anything.

notabee held up one example, which is relevant only if the argument was "everyone who challenges the norms is insane." That would be a counterexample, and only one is required.

as for "There are not many of those" I don't even know what to say. Of course those people were forgotten and there are no citations, because they weren't newsworthy. That was the whole point.

[ Parent | on HN ]