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Some of us knew from the start that barely anyone was dying of this supposed plague. Those poor souls sent into hospitals died from the treatment they received. Had they been treated for influenza or pneumonia it's probable some of them would have survived (bearing in mind they were generally very old, very ill, very full of co-morbidities). It was obvious that covid wasn't a danger - none of the supermarkets shut down and nobody died. Nobody knows any shop worker who died unless it was someone who was already dying of something else.

Hippos though - very deadly. All you can do is hope not to bump into one in the supermarket (I hear they are partial to a chocolate biscuit so maybe avoid the biscuit aisle).

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I Like Yelling COVID !

In A Crowded Movie Theater.

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I knew the numbers where bloated but its shocking to read that no one in those 3 groups died because of covid with the 2 year time frame the FOI was asking about.

What I found more interesting in David Tait's piece is his mention of how the South Lancashire council is using the flaws exposed by the pandemic as justification to "Build Back Better" which is code for resetting society. He even includes a link to the councils document on "Sustainable development and climate change strategy", another buzz/tag line for resetting society. Here in the US a term you'll see is 15 Minute Cities.

The 15-minute city initiative is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in the city. The goal being to bring most if not all of the populace into large cities where no one (aside from government and the welathy) have vehicles and where everything anyone would need access to is within a 15 minute or less walk. Social planners seek this because it's about control. Once you can coerce most of the population into cities like this you can more easily control them especially when they have no vehicle and thus no practical means to escape what is effectively a city sized prison. Part of being a free American included the right to ravel and not just on foot but horseback which eventually gave way to the automobile. We had to license/regulate cars eventually because of their potential for harm (unlike a horse) and the need for better managed roadways unlike was the case with horseback and even wagon. That said as Americans we should be allowed to travel freely within the US without being detained by anyone with government without just cause. Once you get people into a major city and accustom to not having a vehicle they are effectively trapped as all public transportation is government controlled.

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