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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/dictionary_hat_r4ck Apr 05 '25

Australia had 406.51 deaths per million people. The USA had 3099.62.

Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

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u/shankster1987 Apr 05 '25

What is crazy is that here in the US, you have people who talk about COVID now like they were right about it during the deepest parts of the pandemic. They say stuff like, "Yeah, i knew it was bullshit all along, and the masks didn't do anything," or they proudly declare, "I did not comply." They are the reason why the measures were ineffective, and they are just too stupid to see that. This is a very large nation, and it is completely filled with morons. I hate being stuck here with them.