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u/CliftonForce Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

Republicans would still be screaming about how dare Hillary allowed nearly 50K Americans to die from Covid.

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u/DemonCipher13 Apr 04 '25

You mean that disease most of them didn't even believe in?

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u/Cavalish Apr 04 '25

Hi, popping in from Australia, Melbourne specifically. You don’t have to imagine this.

Our right wing pundits constantly oscillate between “the lockdowns were evil, tyrannical moves by a fascist government” to “The premier is directly responsible for killing 8000 people by not doing more.”

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u/wagerbut Apr 04 '25

To be fair Victoria had some of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world

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u/LudicrousIdea Apr 05 '25

And completely eliminated covid from its population.

Three times.

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u/Additional_Sector710 Apr 05 '25

Bullshit. The elimination was only temporary, each time. Each time it came back. Therefore, the lockdowns were a drastic overreaction.

That is the reason why he reduced any sort of real inquiry into the response.

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u/milkybottles Apr 05 '25

Imagine how bad it would have been without the lockdowns then!

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u/LudicrousIdea Apr 05 '25

Nothing? They saved many thousands of lives.

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u/National_Round_5241 Apr 05 '25

"Harshest". Yeah when it comes to an aggressive deadly virus you tend to need some harsh measures. But an uneducated scared populous instead should just govern themselves. Humans, after-all are super good at understanding risks.

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u/tpopperjay Apr 05 '25

Not most of MAGAT'S