Thread by @jljcolorado

Vinay Prasad in London 1854:

"If you are currently boiling the water in your home, then I am 100% sure that i disagree with you about cholera policy"

"I am also 100% sure you are out of touch with 96% of Londoners who have returned to normal life"

#AntiScience #FlatEarther

Vinay Prasad in Vienna 1847:

"If you are a physician currently washing your hands before baby delivery, I am 100% sure that I disagree with you about puerperal fever policy"

"I am also 100% sure you are out of touch with the 96% of physicians who have returned to normal life"

Vinay Prasad in the tropics in 1898:

"if you are currently doing what you can to prevent mosquito bites, I am 100% sure that I disagree with you about malaria policy"

"I am also 100% sure you are out of touch with the 96% of tropics inhabitants who have returned to normal life"

If some of those analogies are unclear to you, or if you just want to know more about the history of airborne transmission (and how many people were as wrong as Vinay during history) see our recent in paper:

https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1562112453948755974?t=Af5NsfJbPoXFA8gJDCuTkw&s=19

Vinay Prasad in the tropics in 1898 (v2):

"if you currently have mosquito nets on your windows, I am 100% sure that I disagree with you about malaria policy"

"I am also 100% sure you are out of touch with the 96% of tropics inhabitants who have returned to normal life"

Filters running at home are a very minor annoyance. Esp. #CorsiRosenthalBox run at lower speeds but still high efficiency (per @sri_srikrishna).

Complaining about them is like complaining about having mosquito nets in windows. Yes, they are annoying and obscure view a little...

HT @subu_caps for the idea to improve the malaria analogy