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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by DoreenMichele on Thursday November 23, 2023 @06:56PM (#38399182)
You are apparently shadow banned. I have vouched for your comment with some trepidation hoping you will clarify what incident or issue you mean.
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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by anonymouskimmer on Thursday November 23, 2023 @07:29PM (#38399443)
It's visible now, so your vouching worked. It seems obvious to me GP is writing about COVID-19. The US CDC lists estimated US deaths from COVID at currently 1,153,910.

But we've had plenty of other examples in living memory, with influenza currently averaging about a million deaths in the US every 30 years.

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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by finite_depth on Thursday November 23, 2023 @09:29PM (#38400117)
Yeah, I'm aware. Happens to all my comments.

And as the other poster correctly guesses, this was a sarcastic reference to covid.

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Re:Polio Is on the Brink of Eradication by DoreenMichele on Thursday November 23, 2023 @10:12PM (#38400322)
Thank you.
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