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flashman13

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3. DOG help us if hantavirus were to mutate just enough to spread between humans via aerosols caused by

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 07:46 PM

20 hrs ago

sneezing or coughing.

Covid was a very near thing. Thanks to Trump's stupidity it almost ran wild. It did kill a million Americans. That occurred with a mostly functional, but hampered by Trump, CDC. If another infectious disease hits it will be a disaster on the order of the Spanish flu, or worse.

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