• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    15 days ago

    The US has fucking both sided public health. Crazy.

    Imagine it’s late 2026 and the bird flu has mutated to allow person-to-person transmission. The US is facing a pandemic of what will be at best many million deaths. The republicans will - of course - have a messaging like “Pandemics are good because this culls the weak.” Meanwhile - the democrats will be creepy on the qt. In public they’ll make bland pronouncements about the importance of public health. But anybody with a brain will see the dems basic focus is in “winning” the situation and then benefiting in the 2028 elections.