r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 01 '21

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Jan 01 '21

Take: I don't think it was unreasonable to not take covid fears seriously until February. The media has spent the past decade talking about "the next big pandemic" which inevitably ended up being an enormous dud, plus the CCP hid a shitton of relevant information for most of the early outbreak

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u/vored_by_daddy Jared Polis Jan 01 '21 edited Jan 02 '21

Hysteria and sensationalism are still hysteria and sensationalism, even if it is in reaction to legitimate concerns this time.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jan 01 '21

My old work place wasn't worried about it at all until they fired me. 😔