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by hirvi74 1348 days ago
From what I have gathered, 1.06 million Americans have died from Covid. Are you implying that more people should have been sacrificed to keep businesses profiting?
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The CDC reports that more than 70% of the population has had COVID. Multiple studies have also reported that 40% of COVID cases are asymptomatic. A high percentage of the population has been infected. There is zero evidence that shutting down businesses did anything to prevent infections or reduce deaths. At best "closing the economy" delayed infection.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220802/havent-had-covid-ye...

Obviously. Grandparents should having been willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the economy

/s