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I'm almost starting to suspect leaders in this country are intentionally trying to kill boomers off to save the pension funds...
More seriously, I think a big part of it is that the general public did not take it seriously despite the virus being constantly on the news for weeks. At the office we have TV screens with the news playing and I clearly remember the virus being center of attention since January. I remember seeing the news about the virus in early January as people in Asia were taking precautions and more information was discovered about it. Now half the US population has collective amnesia and says they should've heard about it earlier...[facepalm]
No politicians wanted to make the unpopular move of shutting businesses down and telling people to not gather, since they'd just be attacked for fear mongering.
Somehow, not a single large city in the whole country shut down before it was very clear the situation was really bad. This is sad and terrifying to watch.
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