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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Collins admits to covid lies,
Date: 05/17/24 4:28 PM
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hclasvegas: History should hold leaders who failed (Fauci, Walensky, Murthy, Collins, Jha, Brixs, Adams) accountable...

First, this was bullsh1t yesterday and it's still bullsh1t today. Prasad's a moron. Collins specifically testified: I made those comments in the context of what it was like in March or April of 2020. People have forgotten just how devastating the situation was with trailer trucks pulling up outside the morgue because the morgue couldn't handle all the dead bodies, thousands of people dying every day.

I am a public health person, I'm a physician. I swore the Hippocratic Oath. I was speaking about myself in that quote. For me trying to make a decision or contribute to a decision about mitigation measures, my number one -- basically my sole concern had to be saving lives. ...

Keep in mind, in terms of the harms that were done that you've described with prolonged closures of schools, those were state and local decisions. The government made general recommendations. States had to decide what to do.


Also, where's Trump on your list of "leaders who failed"?

Nobody was responsible for more American pandemic deaths than Trump. And as you'll no doubt recall, he was the president when schools and businesses were closed.

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