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matt819

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4. What does that even mean?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 02:38 PM

Mar 2020

Austria just announced a shutdown, with only grocery stores and pharmacies open.

Does a shutdown here mean a shutdown shutdown, or something else? Maybe I shouldn't have mocked the toilet paper preppers.

I understand Dr. Fauci has a good reputation, but throwing this kind of comment out there without any details is not particularly responsible.

As for his projection of tests being available? I'll believe it when I read it on DU (or the NYT). Until then, it falls into the category of "shit the government is saying."

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