They “made up” the arbitrary distance of 6 feet, not the entire concept of distance making it harder for germs to spread… What the hell failure of logic is that?! Some viruses can stay potent in air much better than others and they weren’t CONFIDANT that 6 feet would be adequate or overkill. It was an educated guess, not an ass pulling.
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Kinglink@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And yet social distancing was “obvious” because scientists said it u til they admitted they pretty much just made that distance up.
That’s why there’s an Appeal from Authority fallacy… But you just keep on trusting what ever they say with out questioning it.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
CableMonster@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
It wasnt an educated guess it was just around 2 meters and felt good. I am not saying worked or not, but there was no science behind the number.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
“no science behind the number.”
i uhm. Are you aware of this thing, a very little, minor thing, called dispersion? Dilution? etc…
CableMonster@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Yes, but that number was not related to what might work or not , it was just a number they liked based on no science.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There is a vast difference between doing something that is proven to be generally helpful befode you know iv it specifically helpful, and making up an idea.
The fact you cannot understand that vast gulf of difference is frankly hilarious.
CableMonster@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
They had no idea if it would work or not and had no reason to believe either way. Do you believe in checking hypothesis?
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So you don’t think masks work?
Kinglink@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Did I say that? Because I didn’t, but if you want to put words in my mouth you’re more than welcome to have a conversation with yourself at that rate.
Zorque@kbin.social 3 months ago
99% of medicine is throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Social distancing was an easy way to make it less likely to spread based on similar viruses. Until they had more verifiable ways it was a quick and cheap answer to a complex problem. Sometimes those are necessary, especially when millions of lives are on the line.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No, no that is not medicine.
Go take a biochem class amd educate yourself on how fucking stupid that comment sounded.
Zorque@kbin.social 3 months ago
It's not all of medical science, no. We know a great deal. But that only pertains to general study, and not specific cases. We don't know shit about someone, medically, until we do tests. Even then, we can't do an in-depth dissection of them (because that would be wildly inhumane) so we can mostly only go off surface level information. Even for more in-depth information, say with x-rays and MRIs or blood tests, it still only general knowledge. Each person is unique, and has unique characteristics. So we need to take what information we have and try and match it to previous cases to determine what it could be.
Sometimes it's really easy. "You have a cold, go drink some water and get some rest". Sometimes it's not, they have some obscure neurological disorder that only affects .0000001% of the population (at a guess).
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A CT scan and blood draw on an individual is absolutely not in any way, “still only general knowledge.”
The fact you even say such a thing belies your utter lack of understanding of medical diagnosis.
balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
99% of medicine is throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Social distancing was an easy way to make it less likely to spread
I’m just going to keep copy and pasting in this thread: This was not communicated to the public in the beginning.
Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It’s “appeal TO authority.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 months ago
You do realize that social distancing does have a body of work around it and was used to mitigate the 1918 pandemic…
Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Of course they don’t. This is the person the meme is about that you’re taking to.