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> (Welcome to the plague so severe most halfway healthy adults don’t even know they’ve had it.)

Saying this after Covid has killed more people than Malaria or HIV (per annum) despite unprecedented lockdowns and disruptions casts some doubt on the accuracy of the rest of the reporting.

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> (Welcome to the plague so severe most halfway healthy adults don’t even know they’ve had it.)

That line could have just as easily been written about polio. [1] It’ll be interesting for historians to compare and contrast US reaction to the two in a few decades.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/index.htm

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