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[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 152 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually we DID. Tho' only for a little while. And the results were enormous. The B/Yamgata Influenza lineage appears to have gone extinct. The cool part is we weren't even trying to do anything with those specific efforts to affect influenza. All of which should encourage us to cooperate more.

[-] Potatisen@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Please give us more cool facts!

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doctor Ignaz Semmelweiss in the mid-1800s suggested that obstetricians should wash and sterilize their hands before attending their patients to reduce the chance of postpartum infection. He was rejected by the medical community, ridiculed by colleagues, and eventually locked in an asylum where he was killed.

We're sliding back in time.

[-] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Semmelweiss is also partially responsible for the widespread rejection of his findings. He basically called doctors who did not follow his advice murderers which naturally didn't help his popularity. Antagonising someone who you are trying to convince usually just entrenches their opinions further.

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