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Originally Posted by Adder

Here's the thing, though. Close to everywhere else in the world, aside from the UK and Sweden, has managed to use lockdowns, masks and testing to actually shrink their case count. They aren't racing toward a mislabeled "herd immunity" that is actually just everyone getting sick as soon as possible. Why couldn't we do that? Well, partly do to poor preparation, leadership and messaging. We, like the UK, stumbled before we even got to the starting line.

Meanwhile, I went to the grocery store this morning. In the parking lot, I saw a guy walk out with three items (wasn't wearing a mask but might just taken it off). The first people I saw inside was a elderly couple shopping together with no mask. Maybe we're just too stupid as a people to grasp the basics of minimizing exposure.