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2. From the moment this thing went global

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 02:48 PM

Aug 2021

There was no chance at stopping it. We can slow it down, we can try to prevent overloaded healthcare systems, we can lessen symptoms and improve treatments with pharmaceuticals. But the fact is corona virii are contagious and they mutate.

"Zero Covid is a dangerous and expensive fantasy"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zero-covid-coronavirus-pandemic-lockdowns-china-australia-new-zealand-11628101945

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Stopping This Pandemic Is Like Plugging Holes In A Dike...... [View all] global1 Aug 2021 OP

Honestly - and I'm no epidemiologist, but I listen to them... cilla4progress Aug 2021 #1

Port Tack, cilla4progress Aug 2021 #7

From the moment this thing went global Zeitghost Aug 2021 #2

Today's Local Newspaper leftieNanner Aug 2021 #3

This is literally never going away Calculating Aug 2021 #6

This is exactly what I have been thinking, Calculating! cilla4progress Aug 2021 #8