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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by gizmondo on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:06PM (#28532722)
> Unless you mean when the FDA/CDC was worried about a run on masks, which they were right about.

Were they? I imagine federal government has the power to expropriate and ration masks, if necessary. This is way better than lying and then making a surprised pikachu face "why don't they trust us?", no?

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by zardo on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:36PM (#28533036)
They don't want to open the flood gates on people expecting the government to do things to make their lives better.
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by SavantIdiot on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:14PM (#28533361)
Did you forget who the president was at the time? It took almost a year for him to think it was even real.
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