The Covid-19 scandal is still unfolding

bediger4000 11 points 3 comments August 23, 2026
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vachina

Pretty difficult to tell a gun wielding population to stay home.

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> Many countries were slow to react, but as they learned about the transmissibility of the virus, and as vaccines became available, they rapidly cut their death rates. Not so America. “The death rate is now about eight times higher in America than in the rest of the rich world,” The Economist reported in September 2021. That's freedom. That elevated death rate is freedom. Red states letting Alex Jones make them more afraid of the vaccine than the virus was their choice. Can we move on?

lashkari

https://archive.is/20260820161429/https://www.economist.com/...

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