# Rand Paul And Fauci **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 20, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-fauci/946905 "2021-07-20T17:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 129
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For those who care about the actual science behind the decisions and aren’t just trying to score silly political points (in other words, not Magiver), you might find this article pretty interesting. It’s about the early days and the thought process behind washing your hands versus wearing a mask, etc. It goes into detail about where things like the idea that 6 feet of distancing is ideal (wrong) and that droplets have to be 5 micron to be airborne (also wrong) came from in the first place and why they lasted as long as they did in the mainstream of medicine. It’s on Wired and I happen to be a subscriber, but it didn’t appear paywalled even when I’m signed out. > **[The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill](https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/)** > > All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-fauci/946905)._