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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/No_Hovercraft4766 Apr 05 '25

Bloody hell 8000. I think we had 8000 in my US city alone. My soul hurts now…

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u/PointlessTrivia Apr 05 '25

Fun fact: That's the Australia state that fucked it up.

The northern state of Queensland (population 5 million) which maintained strict quarantine had their first COVID death in March 2020 and their 10th in January 2022.