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bucolic_frolic

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2. They will never release an accurate number

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:59 AM

Jul 2025

because that becomes a headline. If they say 212 died but it's really 743, everyone will just know that a lot of people are lost and families are grieving. But incumbents will try to avoid responsibility with lower body counts. IMHO.

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