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SpecificFail t1_j2kt8gq wrote

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SpecificFail t1_iyp96f0 wrote

Sadly true. Mitigation would have worked, but those in power used it as a way to award political favors, line their own pockets, and cause social disruption for their own gain. There's a reason why certain groups were so heavily invested in spreading misinformation, it was making them rich while drawing it out as long as possible.

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SpecificFail t1_ixukaip wrote

Less easily doesn't mean that it can't, just that it is harder to spread through one avenue of infection. You still have large numbers of people congregating and existing in a common space. Railings, bathroom facilities, eating, packing themselves into corridors getting in and out of the stadium. This is ignoring the fact that most did not practice social distancing or wearing masks. If you think social distancing was being actively followed, you were kidding yourself.

The point that jumps out in my head was watching a college championship game, people in stands without a mask to be seen, standing shoulder to shoulder, game is over, and they all crowd the field hugging, kissing, partying.

There were no guidelines actually being followed at these events, not even remotely. In some states, it was even encouraged to not follow guidelines just to thumb their nose at liberals.

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SpecificFail t1_iwngm41 wrote

Mercury in hats, lead mixed in cosmetics, a culture based around heavy narcotic usage, extremely rich diets and sedentary jobs... Can't imagine any of those things associated with the wealthy were particularly good for health.

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SpecificFail t1_ivrpxw4 wrote

Unsure if this accounts for businesses that were already reducing staff or had lost staff in the last few years and which have gone to automation in order to retain similar levels of productivity. It isn't that people are being fired for a robot to take over, just that more of the tasks that would have been done by a person are now being done by a machine.

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