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9. Personally choosing to be safe is not the same as Italy or Spain

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 10:47 PM

Jun 2020

They had true lockdowns. You had to print off a slip telling authorities where you were going.

Our country never was “locked down.”

Never.

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Man Behind Sweden's Controversial Virus Strategy Admits Mistakes [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP

The lockdown is dead as a policy after this week. Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #1

I will. dawg Jun 2020 #2

Why? We're all too stupid to protect ourselves and others? NT enough Jun 2020 #3

We were never "locked down." SoonerPride Jun 2020 #5

Personally choosing to be safe is not the same as Italy or Spain SoonerPride Jun 2020 #9

We should have had a lockdown Meowmee Jun 2020 #11

I believe you are right. What I foresee is republicans Blue_true Jun 2020 #12

they made a mistake not protecting nursing homes AlexSFCA Jun 2020 #4

Let me know when unemployment kills 100,000 in 60 days SoonerPride Jun 2020 #6

Their whole policy was a huge mistake Meowmee Jun 2020 #13

Families are suing in Italy. Meowmee Jun 2020 #14

The right policy likely would have been to mandate wearing Blue_true Jun 2020 #10

Their policy was a big failure, the statistics show that Meowmee Jun 2020 #15