• OldChicoAle@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    But then it’s okay to stop focusing on it once it is endemic and is killing thousands every month? What are you trying to say dude?

    • RBG
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      21 days ago

      What I am trying to say is written right there, I didn’t say anything you are alluding to.

    • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
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      21 days ago

      We aren’t focusing on the thousands of people dying from malaria or the common flu either. Once something is routine it is no longer “news”.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        20 days ago

        Or all the people dying from just run of the mill diarrhea that kills a shitload of people

        In 2021, around 1.2 million people died from diarrheal diseases.