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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy... by ryanSrich on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:38PM (#22733295)
It doesn’t help that almost every news outlet in the US, including medical professionals, said masks are useless if you aren’t sick. I followed that advice unfortunately.
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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy... by 300bps on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:40PM (#22733314)
They purposely lied to us under the belief that the lie stopped people from hoarding masks and thereby left them available for medical personnel.
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