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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by mobilefriendly on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:32AM (#23668937)
$35 billion is an EXTRAORDINARY amount of money. It's the economic output of Vermont, a state with 630,000 people.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by sutterbomb on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:50AM (#23669066)
the US is an EXTRAORDINARY large country. It has a population >500x greater than the state of Vermont, a state with 630,000 people.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by oneplane on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:02AM (#23669172)
I wouldn't call it EXTRAORDINARY (especially not all-caps) when you know there are countries like Russia, Canada and China.

The only extraordinary thing would be the wealth distribution vs market value of the USA.

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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by sutterbomb on Friday July 03, 2020 @11:48AM (#23724989)
In context it should be very easy to see why I phrased things the way I did. I do not personally think there's anything EXTRAORDINARY about US population size OR the budget amounts in question.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by msrpotus on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:52AM (#23669085)
And the US as a whole is 500x the population of Vermont.
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