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Newest Reality

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18. You are welcome.
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 04:57 PM
Apr 2020

Thanks for highlighting those parts.

Obviously, and most importantly, COVID-19 is a sign of what's to come, not an aberration. This can't be allowed to be covered up and canned after the peak and resolution. What it means is that we have to put as much money and preparation into potential pandemics to come now, maybe more than we have spent on wars, aggression and meddling interventions in the past. This is a war with imminent deadly diseases now and to come.

A decent chunk of our military budget should be diverted to this cause and a special department should be created to oversee it, though we won't see hide nor hair of that as long as Dr. Death is at the helm, i.e., Trump. In fact, it will be just the opposite because he is going to want to sweep it under the rug for his own sake as soon as possible and that's dangerous and deadly for us all.

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Thanks for those links. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #16
You are welcome. Newest Reality Apr 2020 #18
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it was one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mshasta Apr 2020 #17
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Dimon is a major part of the problem. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #23
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