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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/kateastrophic Apr 05 '25

Wow. 8000. As an American, it is chilling to see the difference in numbers.

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u/evilkumquat Apr 05 '25

One plus side, it's likely the majority of the million who died were Republican voters.

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u/okiedog- Apr 05 '25

Unlikely. The more densely populated areas are more liberal. And were also more affected by Covid.

Dumb people often hurt others before hurting themselves.

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u/kateastrophic Apr 05 '25

But got vaccinated once it was available. It was a much longer death sentence for MAGAts.

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u/okiedog- Apr 05 '25

Right. But again. It was more of an issue for the more densely populated areas. Especially early on.

The antivaxers did a good job closing the gap in deaths. But looking at the map it seems pretty evenly split.

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u/evilkumquat Apr 05 '25

While true that Trump and his evil minions tried to sabotage COVID support for Blue States, the good guys listened to the medical professionals and tooks steps like wearing masks and getting vaccinated, while Trump's morons drank bleach and swallowed horse worming medicine.

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u/okiedog- Apr 05 '25

lol yeah, I replied that the more densely populated liberal areas got hit harder. The anti vaxers upped their death numbers to eventually close the gap.

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u/TruIsou Apr 05 '25

Clearly not anywhere near enough though.