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America Enters The Make-Believe Phase Of The Pandemic

America Enters The Make-Believe Phase Of The Pandemic

America seems to be reacting to COVID now with millions of shrug-shoulder emojis.

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Feb 03, 2022
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Image: Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

by Bob Cesca

WASHINGTON, DC – The longer this goddamn pandemic continues, the more I feel like I’m living in an alternate timeline where millions of seemingly normal grownups have decided to ignore a serious public health threat merely because they’re sick of the threat. Nothing makes sense any more as we sashay in…

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