On: Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?

[pmoriarty]

Even if asymptomatic people transmit the virus "asymptomatic transmission likely plays a minor role in the epidemic overall, WHO says. People who cough or sneeze are more likely to spread the virus, the agency wrote"[1]

[1] - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati...

[eveningcoffee → pmoriarty]

WHO can say what they want but considering how the virus popped up in Italy tells a different story. Something has been overlooked.

[mercer → eveningcoffee]

I agree. It's probably aliens. Or reptilians.

[eveningcoffee → mercer]

Naturally argumentum ad hominem is always the best strategy.

[mercer → eveningcoffee]

I think that's a fallacy fallacy right there, but I also think fallacies can be fun responses to stupidity. Fallacy is a strange word. Fallacy.