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[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, no, that's been a point of contention for over 100 years. No way that's changing any time soon.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, its funny reading newspapers and stuff from the time of the Influenza pandemic. Despite having happened 100 years ago, it was practically the exact same stuff that we experienced a few years ago.

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 1 year ago

We’re experiencing it now. The pandemic isn’t over and most people aren’t masking. Meanwhile the life expectancy rate is dropping every year and the number of people who are now disabled is skyrocketing due to Long Covid