Jan 1

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Let’s Go, America (or, Why COVID is Forever Now)

When you kill the idea of the public good, private pain will be your reward

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I’m going to assume that this isn’t what they meant when they spoke of American exceptionalism.

Nonetheless, here we are.

America is exceptionally bad at responding to a public health emergency.

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