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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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Imagine if we prepared for Covid back during influenza. Also we should have realize smoking is bad for you.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

We did prepare, and other than some people who just contrarians who refuse to care about anyone else the general population did follow directions for the most part and we were able to avoid our health care systems completely collapsing.

If you didn't know, there have always been members of society that actively work against any kind of communal inconvenience that is for the greater good. During the (misnamed) Spanish Flu epidemic there were anti-maskers and people who intentionally undermined any public heath initiatives.