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IronLionZion

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19. They should teach this stuff in schools

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Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:31 PM

Oct 2021

Asian countries are quick to mask up during pandemics since they have recent experience with this sort of thing. The US has been relatively lucky for 100 years or so. H1N1, Ebola, Zika, etc. didn't require masking like COVID.

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A Reason Most Anti-Vaxxers Today Can Be So Stupid [View all] 3825-87867 Oct 2021 OP

... AND got them all the other life-saving... dchill Oct 2021 #1

they're. nt Wednesdays Oct 2021 #2

??? their! 3825-87867 Oct 2021 #3

spelled correctly in the original post HubertHeaver Oct 2021 #4

Thanx 3825-87867 Oct 2021 #5

I taught my 1st graders... BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #10

I've never met a spell checker that could out spell me...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #13

My tablet is evil. BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #15

Maybe yours has spellcaster instead of a spellchecker lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #29

I wouldn't be a bit surprised. BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #32

That's the first thing I disable in a new device. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #28

I hate spell check. Mine does the most absurd things. In addition, it appears to niyad Oct 2021 #18

I'm afraid to do anything with tech BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #20

My mother also taught english grammar. vanlassie Oct 2021 #9

"Their" is the correct word. niyad Oct 2021 #17

drives me nuts, calling another 'stupid" when misspelling their opinion Shellback Squid Oct 2021 #24

Just shook my head. niyad Oct 2021 #26

and the one in the middle doesn't have her nose covered Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #6

You noticed that too? nt BidenRocks Oct 2021 #7

And vaccines keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #8

so true SouthernDem4ever Oct 2021 #12

The reality is, that in the 1918 flu pandemic PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #11

I still have mine and a funny story about it. LeftInTX Oct 2021 #14

Into the middle of the 1970s, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #16

I always thought it was "lifetime immunity", until I read about this, last year: LeftInTX Oct 2021 #22

Thank you for that link. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #23

Yes, 2020/2021 is a replay of 1918/1919 lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #30

They should teach this stuff in schools IronLionZion Oct 2021 #19

That ... plus they got polio and measles vaccines in their childhood FakeNoose Oct 2021 #21

I recall getting my first polio shots in a field near where we lived. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #25

Personal History The Conductor Oct 2021 #27

---- shows what the people in the photo know. 3Hotdogs Oct 2021 #31

Maybe... 3825-87867 Oct 2021 #33