New and Old #8

Friday roundup and commentary

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill, Wired, Megan Molteni, May 13, 2021

This is a truly incredible story, and it’s hard to believe that it’s true. It comes down to the fact the aerosol/droplet distinction is basically not true under real conditions, which means a lot of viruses, including the COVID-19 virus and the flu, basically sp…