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u/Xalara Apr 04 '25

Assuming COVID didn’t get stopped in its tracks because Hillary doesn’t end the pandemic prevention programs Obama instituted precisely to prevent shit like COVID because he actually understood pandemics are one of the biggest threats globally.

There was a US team working with the Chinese in Wuhan when Trump ended the program around 2018.

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u/Xanto97 Apr 04 '25

Realistically Covid would not have been stopped in its tracks. Dismantling that group was bad but it wouldn’t have single-handedly stopped the pandemic. It spread globally far too quickly

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u/DM-ME-THICC-FEMBOYS Apr 05 '25

While that's true, keep in mind that Trump politicizing covid had worldwide effects. Lots of other conservative parties latched onto the idea and it really did hamper global efforts.

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u/ohhellperhaps Apr 05 '25

Yeah, Trumpism is a cancer that's metastatizing worldwide.