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Old 07-07-20, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Happy Feet
The big problem is that everyone in the US seems to think what they are doing isn't the problem. The guy on a bike tour, the girl going to the crowded beach, the people going to mass gatherings... and instead of just getting on with doing the right thing it seems it is viewed as a patriotic act by many to reject any sense of collective interventions for controlling a mass pandemic. In most of the rest of the world it is considered a patriotic act to engage in those same interventions to help the country. As a result most of the rest of the world has flattened the curve to a point where things like travel and commerce is reopening.
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Yup. Fully agree.
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