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Would we lock down for COVID-22?

Would we lock down for COVID-22?

Already the historical narrative is turning against coronavirus measures

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Mar 21, 2022
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It’s early 2023, and a deadly new virus emerges out of a far-off wet market. The illness, COVID-22, soon spreads to Europe, and we see footage of hospitals filling up and mask-wearing police at checkpoints. Thanks to the wonders of modern medical science, we know that the mortality rate is about 1% or a bit over, but this skews very much by age; the ove…

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