The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

A detective story to the origins of the misconception that SARS‑CoV‑2 spreads via droplets, and not over the air. You don’t always need a butterfly for a perfect example of chaos theory.


From Weekly Filet #348, in May 2021.

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