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> don't think "covid doesn't exist" was ever a widespread position Semantics... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/donald-trump-base-stays-loyal-p
by throwaway290 2y ago
> don't think "covid doesn't exist" was ever a widespread position
Semantics...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/donald-trump-base-stays-loyal-president-fights-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/donald-trump...
> you could argue it's not as bad as some flus.
A flu kills at most 50 000 people per year in US. Remind me which flu killed 1+ million in 2 years and cost US 16 trillion bucks?
- tim333 2y agoSpanish flu, started in Kansas, killed 50-100 million.
- throwaway290 2y agoI said kills, present tense. But it's semantics. If there was a mega deadly spanish flu today and republicans said it's just another flu or don't exist it's all the same.