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🧵. @TheLancet has just released a major report "on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic." In it, the authors roundly criticize a widely held, historical misconception about viruses and SARS in particular —
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doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
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doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
— the misconception that viruses are primarily transmitted through close-range large droplets. The authors concluded that reluctance to overturn this centuries-old error & acknowledge #CovidIsAirborne has led to untold suffering during the pandemic.
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Unfortunately, the authors failed to discredit the other major widely held, historical misconception about viruses — the misconception that immune systems immediately clear viruses from the body, so as long as you survive the acute phase, you're home free.
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