Are you suggesting I should have written âcommon cold is a Coronavirusesâ? Or merely pointing out that the page says âCoronavirusesâ [plural]?
If itâs the former: err, no, thatâs not how English works.
If itâs the latter: that is exactly the point. Common cold is presented as an example belonging to the family, not as a definition or exhaustive list.
Notice. Common Cold is the only sickness listed under the virus FAMILY Coronaviruses (plural). Notice the other families listed (again plural) for example TOGAVIRUSES. Notice conditions listed: Yellow fever, dengue, encephalitis.
Perhaps you should take your own advice.
At the time this book was written THE ONLY SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUSES WAS THE FUCKING COMMON COLD! That literally is the fucking list.
You're speaking to someone who refuses to acknowledge their initial mistake of being ass backwards.
They will continue to refute your evidence using evidence that supports Covid-19 being some freak of nature but will likely also sidestep any further depth in conversation around its origin.
You must be looking at a different picture to me. The heading of the second column in the picture Iâm looking at clearly reads âEXAMPLES OF conditions or diseasesâ, not âEXHAUSTIVE LIST OF conditions or diseasesâ.
âCORONAVIRUSES Cause Common Cold.â True. A statement which youâll agree doesnât rule out Coronaviruses causing other things.
âAt the time this book was written THE ONLY SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUSES WAS THE FUCKING COMMON COLD!â Also true, or at least itâs the only sickness mentioned here. Would you expect them to list far more deadly examples which wouldnât appear until decades later?
Neither statement proves the conclusion âCorona is a coldâ made in the OP. This a non sequitur, like concluding that a firearm is a musket just because a musket is a firearm. A firearm can still be an M4 carbine, even if the 1776 encyclopedia of weaponry doesnât list âM4 carbineâ as an Example of the âFirearmsâ family.
That says common cold is a Coronavirus, not Coronavirus is a common cold. This is pretty basic reading comprehension.
"Coronaviruses" plural. Jackass.
Are you suggesting I should have written âcommon cold is a Coronavirusesâ? Or merely pointing out that the page says âCoronavirusesâ [plural]?
If itâs the former: err, no, thatâs not how English works.
If itâs the latter: that is exactly the point. Common cold is presented as an example belonging to the family, not as a definition or exhaustive list.
Family of Virus: CORONOVIRUSES. Plural.
Causes: Common Cold. Singular.
CORONAVIRUSES Cause Common Cold.
Notice. Common Cold is the only sickness listed under the virus FAMILY Coronaviruses (plural). Notice the other families listed (again plural) for example TOGAVIRUSES. Notice conditions listed: Yellow fever, dengue, encephalitis.
Perhaps you should take your own advice.
At the time this book was written THE ONLY SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUSES WAS THE FUCKING COMMON COLD! That literally is the fucking list.
You're speaking to someone who refuses to acknowledge their initial mistake of being ass backwards.
They will continue to refute your evidence using evidence that supports Covid-19 being some freak of nature but will likely also sidestep any further depth in conversation around its origin.
You must be looking at a different picture to me. The heading of the second column in the picture Iâm looking at clearly reads âEXAMPLES OF conditions or diseasesâ, not âEXHAUSTIVE LIST OF conditions or diseasesâ.
âCORONAVIRUSES Cause Common Cold.â True. A statement which youâll agree doesnât rule out Coronaviruses causing other things.
âAt the time this book was written THE ONLY SICKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUSES WAS THE FUCKING COMMON COLD!â Also true, or at least itâs the only sickness mentioned here. Would you expect them to list far more deadly examples which wouldnât appear until decades later?
Neither statement proves the conclusion âCorona is a coldâ made in the OP. This a non sequitur, like concluding that a firearm is a musket just because a musket is a firearm. A firearm can still be an M4 carbine, even if the 1776 encyclopedia of weaponry doesnât list âM4 carbineâ as an Example of the âFirearmsâ family.