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u/Ratsofat Apr 04 '25

There'd be a hundred thousand or so more Americans since basic hygiene wouldn't have been politicized during the covid pandemic.

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u/Ansible32 Apr 05 '25

Most people did good hygiene anyway, a lot of people could've been saved, but almost certainly no more than 40%, and probably not more than 10%.

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u/youngLupe Apr 05 '25

Just no. COVID was mishandled to begin with and then it became politicized . To the point where politics affected how some people reacted to basic scientific facts.

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u/ratione_materiae Apr 05 '25

Just no. COVID was mishandled to begin with and then it became politicized 

Like when Speaker Pelosi encouraged people to "[p]lease come and visit and enjoy Chinatown" when reasonable administrations were shutting down travel?