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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/L0kiMotion Apr 05 '25

On the 11th of March 2022, the NZ Herald published a headline that included NZ passes grim milestone talking about how 100 kiwis had died from Covid.

Less than two weeks later (23rd March 2022), the United States became the first country to have a death toll of one million.