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202 points helsinkiandrew | 5 comments | 18 Jul 25 08:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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paul_h ◴[22 Jul 25 15:15 UTC] No.44648071[source]▶
Dr Sean Mullen on Twitter "there are now over 500,000 studies on the consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection" - https://x.com/drseanmullen/status/1924960793264525772 *IF* that's true - yeesh!
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1. nradov ◴[22 Jul 25 16:09 UTC] No.44649074[source]▶
Number of studies are meaningless by itself, and an intellectually rigorous scientist wouldn't use that as a metric. We've known for decades that any serious infection can have long lasting effects for some patients. There's nothing special about SARS-CoV-2.
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2. jassyr ◴[22 Jul 25 19:11 UTC] No.44651689[source]▶
you can't criticize someone for poor reasoning while simultaneously making unsupported claims yourself
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3. nradov ◴[22 Jul 25 19:57 UTC] No.44652275[source]▶
What's unsupported? What I stated is common knowledge in the medical community. Anyone unaware of this hasn't been paying attention for the past 40 years.
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4. s1artibartfast ◴[22 Jul 25 21:04 UTC] No.44652982{3}[source]▶
I suppose the no special sauce is the unsupported claim, not that I disagree
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5. pas ◴[22 Jul 25 22:35 UTC] No.44653800{4}[source]▶
usually (at least since Ol' Russel) there's no real need to prove that space is quite rare when it comes to teapots

so far there was absolutely no scientifically "woah" thing about SARS-CoV-2, it fits "neatly" into an acute respiratory virus hole (we know of a lot of coronaviruses and influenzaviruses), we even had a lab set up to research zoonotic viruses ... instead of telling idiots to stop running the patient zero lottery on that fucking market.