> swine flu never resulted in a mass shutdown the way covid did not for lack of trying. you may not have seen it at the time, but the swine flu and covid pandemics had virtually the exact same playbook. they tried for mask mandates they tried for lockdowns they tried for vaxx passports they tried for quarantine they rapid released a vaccine and so on and so forth. it was actually stunning how similar the two were, the only difference being during swine flu the populace collectively told them to fuck off.
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