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Sympthsical

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28. Not nearly as transmissable as Covid

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 10:43 AM

Thursday

While it's an interesting enough story, it's unlikely to go very far.

Let's rephrase this in mediaese: "Virus hits a few Westerners who were told they were not supposed to be subjected to this sort of thing."

And panic sells clicks and eyeballs.

Not even in the top fifty of things I'm worried about this week.

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