Lab leak – True origins of Covid-19

Re:Lab leak – True origins of Covid-19 by throwaway290 on Saturday April 19, 2025 @12:01PM (#43737284)

> don't think "covid doesn't exist" was ever a widespread position

Semantics... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/donald-trump...

> you could argue it's not as bad as some flus.

A flu kills at most 50 000 people per year in US. Remind me which flu killed 1+ million in 2 years and cost US 16 trillion bucks?

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Re:Lab leak – True origins of Covid-19 by tim333 on Saturday April 19, 2025 @07:58PM (#43740435)

Spanish flu, started in Kansas, killed 50-100 million.

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Re:Lab leak – True origins of Covid-19 by throwaway290 on Sunday April 20, 2025 @01:10AM (#43741661)

I said kills, present tense. But it's semantics. If there was a mega deadly spanish flu today and republicans said it's just another flu or don't exist it's all the same.

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