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Old 10-17-2020, 06:54 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.
Last I checked, heart disease is not contagious.
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