[seriousquestion]

"Acknowledge the war has changed"

Maybe it has? For example, DC has reported 11 homicides since its last reported COVID death.

[lefrenchy]

Well it’s a good thing homicides aren’t a contagious disease then right? If not it might be under the jurisdiction of the Center For Disease Control.

[AdrianB1]

Google for 'gun violence epidemic' and you will find lots of high profile results pretending it is.

[lefrenchy]

I mean it is, it’s not a contagious pathogen.

Unless you think it’s normal that American society has more mass shootings than I can keep track of in recent memory then i’d call it an epidemic.

People walking into churches, schools, concerts, etc… and indiscriminately killing people is a deep sickness in American society.

[AdrianB1]

Sometimes I forget I need to explain humor or irony and I am not even the native English speaker. But I accept this as my fault.

[rsa25519]

This is an unfair comparison because covid death reporting lags far behind other data