There is also the problem of people expecting a different outcome because this situation is 'different' somehow. For example, Napoleon invaded Russia in June of 1812 and retreated after the army began to freeze to death in December. Just over 100 years later, Hitler tried the same thing, invasion began in June, army began to freeze to death in December resulting in retreat. "Same s**t, different show"

We do learn. We learn astonishing amounts and build on what went before us. Of course people learn. The fact that in THIS pandemic we are looking at the beginnings of a public roll-out of a 95% effective vaccine in LESS THAN ONE YEAR after this became a worldwide pandemic is proof that we learn extremely well in some ways. But yes, humans also remain human and we are very good at cognitive dissonance and at convincing ourselves of things we want to believe.

I was not alive to see the 1918 epidemic, but I am surely alive to know now that there was family I never knew because of it.

well said, brianna.

Maybe not genocide, but assisting in murder, and spread of disinformation.

Neither mass murder nor genocide would be applicable but Involuntary Manslaughter is since this usually refers to an unintentional killing that results from criminal negligence or recklessness.

Of course they should since you clearly have TDS But no comment on the red states that didn't shut down completely as they seem to be doing just fine. Trump provided the supplies and equipment that states requested and then didn't bother to use since they didn't want to give credit to Trump (remember those naval hospital ships that went unused in New York and California - easier to just return Covid positive patients to care homes where they can kill a bunch of old people - who make the decision in the state government NOT to use those ships). Or how about a group of doctors who insisted that the cheap, readily available drugs that Trump referenced MUST NOT BE USED because they have been untested against Covid and might be dangerous - except that those drugs have been used for years and years on hundreds of thousands of people, and there were many doctors who used them and found them useful - those doctors were shut down by big tech.. Only now we find out that their reason for condemning them was because they didn't want to give any credit to Trump. Those drugs could have saved thousands and thousands, but no the woke doctors had TDS. Yours is a typical response on Bored Panda - anything that can be used to condemn, Trump or conservatives must be demolished. Now I will expect that this reply will be hidden so that the sensitive eyes of the woke will not be harmed.

You Linda are an idiot

I think you need mental health attention. Trump didnt give anyone this virus. You sound as ridiculous as people who scream at the sky.

I don't have the time to tell you all the Things Obama did and did not do during H1N1 and in the end leaving the PPE stockpiles depleted

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Genocide for downplaying a virus with a 99%+ survival rate? I'm not sure you know what genocide means. Also, it's horribly disrespectful. Go tell a Rwandan genocide survivor that Trump is guilty of the same thing, then post their reaction here please.