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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by spookthesunset on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:41PM (#28674370)
> something that could not be disagreed with.

Disagreement with the narrative still gets you exiled in many parts. I’ve gotten called all kinds of extremely horrible things by people I know in real life just for asking basic questions. It’s really amazing what fear does to people.

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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by eli_gottlieb on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:24PM (#28674942)
Hell, I got a lecture from someone once for questioning whether cloth masks were accomplishing anything meaningful in a 100% vaccinated workplace with surveillance testing. A lot of authorities are concentrating more on appearing to Do Something against COVID than on the cost-benefit calculation of NPIs' actual impact on preventing disease.
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