I like how the headline is for +70% increased spread but at the end they slip in that there is another strain that is +80%-90% with increased viral load. But that’s in Africa so it doesn’t really count I guess?

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I like how when people do that whole masks, social distancing, and hygiene thing, but not enough to wipe it out completely, this just creates selective pressure.

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Not only that but one solid month of real lockdown, no leaving your house level shit, would have been waaayyy less damaging to people and society then these last 9 months of half measures

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we basically picked the worst of both worlds because “the economy” obviously got fucked anyway

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Yep. I have to keep reminding myself that it’s not that their plan didn’t work; it worked perfectly. It’s just that the goal of the response was to save the economy not stop the virus

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New Covid just dropped

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We half-assed our response to a viral pandemic allowing it to mutate. Good fucking gravy.

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Exactly. These mutations aren’t popping up in NZ or China because they didn’t let the virus bounce freely around their population for the past 9 months

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There’s only one way to stop the spread now. :xi-plz:

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:this-is-fine:

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This, but instead of fire it’s just more covid spores

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:covid-cool:

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