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Wait so you believe because he worsened it that he indirectly caused it? I don’t like him at all, but are you serious? The pandemic was inevitable, the death toll wasn’t.

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toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I believe that if America has been more proactive, we could have either limited or delayed the infection. As I remember it, the infection spread from Asia to America and hit Europe after us on the East Coast, at least that what I remember hearing from the reports.

So yes, if we had been more proactive and developed a response much more in line with the Ebola outbreak, i believe it could have been delayed or lessened.

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- lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So he didn’t cause the global plague but when it reached America, it already was global
  
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  - toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh, we’re splitting hairs. Cool, I’ll cease participating in this pissing contest.
    
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    lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    It was you who insisted on the wording
    
    I tried to point out how US centric your argument was. You could also compare different nations’ reaction to covid like Australia attempt to cut them of and let no one in and out which came with problems on their own (and was easier there than it would be for the US) or New Zealand’s 0-covid strategy which also comes with problems (not to mention the various European countries which would be closer to me but you made a point to exclude them). But sure, compare it to a far less contagious virus (Ebola has an R~0~ value of 1.8 (vs 2-4 with covid) and is transmitted by body fluids vs air) because the US is the only place on earth.
    
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