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sandensea

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2. You see this in many countries: right-wing media encouraging people to disregard social distancing

Sun Aug 9, 2020, 01:10 PM

Aug 2020

In neighboring Argentina, where they had received plaudits for acting early to try to control this as well as to expand ICU capacity (3,600 new beds - in a bankrupt country), it's since gotten out of control.

And where? Mostly in the metro Buenos Aires area - where right-wing cable news has the widest reach.

They've been doing nothing but egging people on to "defy this tyranny" and to "go out and live your lives" - even after restrictions were eased. The same kind of inane garbage you hear from the Laura Ingraham types (hair dye and all).

And the 'egg'em and spread'em' tactic is working. Guess what happened after this:

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Brazil becomes 2nd country to cross 100,000 deaths [View all] sandensea Aug 2020 OP

I just saw a clip on CNN that showed BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #1

You see this in many countries: right-wing media encouraging people to disregard social distancing sandensea Aug 2020 #2

I thought Putin was behind a lot of the anti-mask crap put there, BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #3

In Argentina's case, RW media wants this to become a crisis, in order to undermine the current gov't sandensea Aug 2020 #4

I wonder if this would've happened during the 1918 Flu BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #5

Good question. sandensea Aug 2020 #6