Americans have learned all the wrong lessons from the pandemic

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  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    1 year ago

    we could have avoided lockdowns if everyone wore n95 masks.

    But they told us it wasn't airborne and masks wouldn't help at the start. Mainly because they were worried about liability issues.

    They simply couldn't imagine a world where covid was contained.