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Old 10-17-2020, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
That is the weakest possible response. 650,000 people in the US die from heart disease every year. Is that on the news 24/7? Where is the outrage? There has been no appreciable increase in deaths in the US during this pandemic. So yes, it is overblown. It has received a disproportionate amount of media coverage and fear mongering.
If something can be used politically it will be and this is no exception, finding stats to support any position is done all the time , so called "news" reporting is a challenge in critical thinking and researching what was said, just believe what ever "facts" suites your closest held beliefs