croissant"SARS is not airborne." — Bonnie Henry, 2003
"Unlike SARS, COVID-19 is not airborne." — Bonnie Henry, 2020
"Unlike COVID-19, Hantavirus is not airborne." — Bonnie Henry, 2026
smitten@croissant It is impossible for dangerous things to be in the air because air is invisible.
keithzg@smitten_ @croissant What people don't understand about public health policy is, the most important thing is you have to believe really hard that no drastic interventions or systemic changes are necessary, this is priority and step number 1
Jordan Biserkov@keithzg @smitten_ @croissant
Sir Richard Wharton: Standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. In stage one we say nothing is going to happen.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
Sir Richard Wharton: In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we *can* do.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it’s too late now.
Klingon Sponge@jbiserkov @keithzg @smitten_ @croissant
I remember that show from when I was a kid, and I really should re-visit it as a cynical adult.
I remember that show from when I was a kid, and I really should re-visit it as a cynical adult.