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Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by Manuel_D on Thursday August 21, 2025 @12:11PM (#44974504)
A short global lockdown? China pursued the zero COVID policy for two years. Even highly restrictive measures weren't enough to stem it.

COVID is no longer a novel virus and its deadliness has vastly decreased. Yes it is by any reasonable understanding of the phrase, COVID is "less nasty". At its peak, 20,000 people were dying each week due to COVID in the US. Presently that figure sits around 200.

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Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by wizzwizz4 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @03:27PM (#44976969)
Its immediate deadliness has decreased, but it still causes cardiopulmonary and brain damage, and effects are cumulative with repeated exposure, and now it's endemic and frequently asymptomatic. Differently nasty, but not less nasty.
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