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by ZoomerCretin 1432 days ago
There is evidence from the NHS that it is airborne: https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1550820521234894850
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Eric Feigl-Ding states there is evidence from the NHS that it is airborne, which gives us a very, very strong prior that there is not in fact evidence from the NHS that it is airborne.
"For individuals with infection who have evidence of lower respiratory tract involvement or severe systemic illness requiring hospitalisation, the possibility of airborne transmission has not been excluded." https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/principles-for-mo...
This preprint published 2 days ago details detection of monkeypox virus in air and surface sampling of NHS hospitals treating cases: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.21.22277864v...
Do you have some concrete reason for distrusting Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding?
Two clicks through, this is what he's referencing: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.21.22277864v...