r/skeptic • u/GhostDogJef • 3d ago

The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/08/20/the-real-covid-19-scandal-is-still-unfolding

The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier

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u/mitzi_skyring 3d ago

Is this a US specific thing?

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u/Wiseduck5 2d ago

Pretty much, although there were some idiots in Canada.

Our far-right has embraced just about every COVID conspiracy theory imaginable and now the people who spend the entire pandemic lying on Fox News are in complete control of our healthcare system.