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the problem was not bad to begin with. it was just overhyped by everyone especially the media. Now we have destroyed the economy and futures of millions of young Americans just so that some at risk people can live for two extra months, harsh but true

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"some at risk people"

Let's quantify that. At risk encompasses people who are obese. That's roughly 30% of the population. It includes people with heart disease, and diabetes. Roughly 30% of the population suffers from that. Sure there's some overlap in these groups, so we'll call it an even 30%. That's over 100M Americans. Have some humanity.

Callous and false

those poor kids graduating in a recession and those 30 million unemployed Americans would disagree

my wife is a middle school teacher, a handful of her kids were taken by CPS. Kids who were already on the economic edge are paying a heavy price.

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