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angrychair

(12,470 posts)
1. I'm confused
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:08 AM
6 hrs ago

I have had people in certain circles desperately try to say that "this isn't a big deal" that "it's won't spread" or that "it won't be a a pandemic"

Yet

“At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak, but of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks,” he told a press conference in Madrid on Tuesday.


WTF 😳

That is not spoken with the confidence that this is not a big deal or that it couldn't turn into something bigger.

Not what I was expecting. We could not be this unlucky to have this moron in charge for two different pandemics. There is just no way we are this unlucky.

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