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Old Feb 1, 2020, 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by thbe
I didn’t propose to introduce new viruses. What I’m saying is, that worrying about high risks makes much more sense than worrying about low risks. Your government can let in or not whoever they think it’s a good idea or not.

But having more than 10,000 people dying by flu in your country in the last months and feeling happy anyway that there are no infections about another kind of virus, isn’t good. There are many many other viruses in the world, which are no danger for the US. Of course you can celebrate not having them every hour of the year and having more than 50,000 deaths the same time.
When did the fly become an "American" disease?
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