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Western countries did not use the ample time they had to put a similar system in place. They didn’t even stock up on masks, ventilators and protective clothing. They let the infection spread so widely that only a long, full lockdown could contain it. Why? Arrogance, wishful thinking, and a fierce determination not to harm economic growth.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseaeases, actually said on March 29 'looking at what we’re seeing now, I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 … deaths,' but let’s stick with the lowball figure, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograp courtesy of Flickr
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