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Let's leave the political jabs out of HN and keep this civil. Realistically, the US isn't trying to kill their grandmas.

• ageofwant 6y ago
  Realistically, a tree is judged by its fruit, not what it blabs on about on national tv.
• klyrs 6y ago
  > Realistically, the US isn't trying to kill their grandmas. You're delineating intentional acts, and heedless acts with well-known and predictable consequences. That's an important difference in the mind of the actor, but grandma dies either way.
• claudeganon 6y ago
  The US has the highest death rate from COVID in the developed world, leaving over 100K dead, a lot of which has been centered in long term care facilities. As of early May, Taiwan has had 7 total deaths. Taiwan is what “realistically” not trying to kill your grandmas looks like.
  • perl4ever 6y ago
    The US is nowhere near the highest death rate in the developed world. Countries with higher death rates per million people include Belgium, Spain, UK, Italy, France, Sweden, Netherlands, and Ireland. Also, it seems fishy that you're even using the phrase "in the developed world" because all of the countries that have the highest death rates are developed countries anyway.
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• asveikau 6y ago
  You can't just declare a statement to be "politics" and claim to be above the topic, have it be automatically "uncivil" as if that shuts down a discussion or saves you from evaluating the claim. I'm sorry to say, such an attitude does little to save grandma!
  • SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    "You're killing grandma!" isn't an attempt to have a discussion. It's at best a primal scream and at worst a bullying tactic - it aims to shut down discussion, to make anyone who disagrees with you look bad.
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