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Oh goodness, we've been through this so many times. https://twitter.com/MLevitt_NP2013/status/1307504237048406019
An earlier thread: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1242314692514598912
But the worst bit? The mutation that Dr. Levitt is citing as evidence that the virus is weakening?
IT WENT EXTINCT.
Are you really saying, Dr. Levitt, that this would have had a selective advantage in the absence of control measures, but had a disadvantage in their presence?
IT WENT EXTINCT.
Are you really saying, Dr. Levitt, that this would have had a selective advantage in the absence of control measures, but had a disadvantage in their presence?
Perhaps Dr. Levitt is confusing the fact that (a) most contemporaneous clades were eliminated due to infection control with the notion that (b) the Δ382 clade was lost due to infection control because infection control left it at a selective disadvantage?
"Technically speaking, extinction is not selectively advantageous" — @BillHanage has a thread about Levitt's claim now as well. https://twitter.com/BillHanage/status/1307795936924577792
For what it's worth, Dr. Levitt is also promoting his son's antivax disinformation. From this morning: https://twitter.com/MLevitt_NP2013/status/1307634991325753344
