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toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Oh, we’re splitting hairs. Cool, I’ll cease participating in this pissing contest.

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lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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