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by mach5 2170 days ago
the latter is completely caused by the former, we are, in fact, doomed. the effective course was already ignored by those in power, months ago. now the outbreak is big enough in the south to be uncontrollable, contact tracing is worthless, testing is near worthless (7 day test turnaround!), anything other than a full extreme lockdown will not stop this, and that isn't happening.
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benjohnson 2170 days ago
How can we lock down? As I understand it, we can't even control our southern border.
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SpicyLemonZest 2170 days ago
Are you saying that all the states which are still trying to control it should stop, and reopen everything since control is impossible? I don't believe that and I don't get the impression you do either.
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mach5 2170 days ago
no, of course not, i'm saying that the political will to fix this isn't there, and to a point was never there, and we are now past the point of no return, thus this doomsaying like in the original post is bluntly and sadly correct.
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