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Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by heartbreak on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:42AM (#32736328)
You just described the early-Covid shutdown policy-making too.
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Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by chaosite on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:46AM (#32736366)
Shutdowns weren't done by media figures, they were done by policy-makers inside governments.
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Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by heartbreak on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:52AM (#32736418)
> That was just decentralized [governments] deciding to copy each other's opinions, because there's safety in numbers and group think, and because dissent sticks out and gets attacked.

Sorry, I thought that substitution was implied.

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Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by yonaguska on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:00AM (#32737991)
And "consent" to shutdowns were manufactured by policy makers inside governments paying media companies to promote their policies. It was a concerted effort.
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