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Trump keeps dropping lawsuits against companies Biden said were cheating Americans
How many posts today mate? How about tomorrow? Already got them lined up? You obviously don't have much of a life as you are completely obsessed with posting as many anti-Trump posts as you can conceive over and over again. Pitiful. -
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Maga/Trump's big ugly bill set to kick 14 million Americans off their health care coverage
This opinion is coming from someone who has surrendered his independent thinking, for the sake of complete fealty. Think about that. -
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Health Covid-19's XEC Variant Spreads Like Wildfire, Says Thai Health Ministry
I would like to know how Thailand voted about the WHO proposed pandemic treaty. Thailand should follow the US example and get rid of the WHO -
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Manchild who is president of the US throws his pacificier out of the pram again.
Easy answer. Trump does not want smart people with good, functional, practical ideas. -
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Health Covid-19's XEC Variant Spreads Like Wildfire, Says Thai Health Ministry
I just want to dissect your comments because of the silliness throughout. Throughout human history, pandemics and deadly infectious diseases have occurred regularly, far more severe than a cold or flu. The Black Death (14th century), Spanish Flu (1918), smallpox, tuberculosis, and others killed tens of millions. The idea that we only dealt with mild viruses until now is simply incorrect. Assigning a name to a virus (like COVID-19) isn't about giving it a “personality” but about identifying and tracking specific pathogens. Viruses are always named and studied in modern epidemiology. It's part of how science works to understand and manage outbreaks effectively and the vary in their severity with antigenic drift. The idiocy with this one is astonishing: While individual viruses are smaller than the gaps in standard cloth or surgical masks, viruses don't travel alone. They hitch a ride in respiratory droplets, which are large enough to be blocked or reduced significantly by masks. Also, N95 and equivalent masks filter out over 95% of particles down to 0.3 microns, very effective against airborne virus-containing droplets. Policies during lockdowns often considered essential services and the ability to manage crowd control. Large stores could implement distancing, one-way systems, and sanitation more easily than small ones. It wasn't ideal, but it was a trade-off made under pressure and uncertainty, very easy for the Monday morning Quater-backers to criticise - but as you have highlighted you lack the technical knowledge for critical thought, even with 20/20 hindsight. While it's true that billionaires saw increased wealth during this period, similar wealth shifts have occurred across history: e.g. post-war booms, the industrial revolution, or the 2008 financial crisis bailouts. It’s not uniquely unprecedented, though it certainly deserves scrutiny. Government interventions also provided massive support to workers, renters, and businesses. As far as fear is concerned, that can be a factor, but compliance was also driven by solidarity, concern for the vulnerable, and trust in public health. Not everyone blindly followed orders - there was widespread debate, protest, and legal challenge throughout. People aren’t mindless; they were reacting to a real threat. As far as two meter distancing is concerned, while ventilation was an issue in many places, distancing still reduced transmission risk, especially when people were not confined together for long. Many establishments did invest in better airflow and HEPA filters. The point of distancing wasn’t to be perfect, but to reduce overall viral load exposure (again, something which requires a certain degree of understanding for the concept to sink in). Thus: all in all, the measures taken were based on real-time scientific advice, evolving data, and a genuine attempt to save lives in unprecedented circumstances. Mistakes were made, but suggesting it was all absurd or intentionally manipulated oversimplifies a deeply complex situation - and outs you as a rather unintelligent critic appealing to emotion rather than intelligence.
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