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"(Is death|Death is) the only (bad|negative|scary|worrisome) (thing that can happen after|outcome of) (getting sick|sickness|contracting a virus|getting COVID)?(| Are you sure?| Sure about that?)"
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"(The only|The one single) (bad|negative|worrisome) (thing that could happen from|outcome of) (getting sick|sickness|contracting a virus|getting COVID) is (death|dying)?"
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"(When |)you (say|use the word) “survival,” (in what sense|how) (exactly |)do (those|people|victims) not (in|among) the (millions of deaths|piles of bodies|countless deaths|dead family members) from (COVID-19|the virus|coronavirus) “survive”?"
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"(So, |I don’t understand. |Help me out here...|)If the opposite of (the CDC’s |)“fatality” (percentages|%|rates) is “survival,” (how is that defined|what does “survival” mean) (exactly|precisely)?"
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{ "ps":
"(So, |I don’t understand. |Help me out here...|)What (chronic |permanent |life-long |)(afflictions|impairments) are you (including|lumping in|keeping|grouping) under the (umbrella|term|vaguery) of “survival”?"
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{ "ps":
"(The CDC calls it|The CDC lists|Acc to the CDC, they're called|According to the CDC they're actually) \"fatality\" rates. (Why did|What made) you (change it to|replace it with|mask it as|hide it as|conceal it as) (a|one single) \"survival\" rate? "
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"ps": "And it's a 100% (survival rate|\"survival rate\") getting (a swift kick|kicked) in the (nuts|balls).\n\n(Difference is|Only the diff is|But the difference is|Unlike with COVID-19|But unlike with COVID-19), it doesn't lead to stroke, permanent heart, lung, liver dysfunction(...|, etc.)(\n\nThere's a reason the CDC calls it a mortality, not a survival rate.|)"
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"?"
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"https://twitter.com/NiceGoingAdam/status/1331679081209860096?s=20",
"https://twitter.com/NiceGoingAdam/status/1331505335908003842?s=20",
"https://twitter.com/NiceGoingAdam/status/1331350969729224706?s=20",
"https://twitter.com/lilahogger/status/1335048351327379462?s=21"
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"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351",
"https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/22/texas-national-guard-sent-overwhelmed-el-paso-covid-morgues.html",
"https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/coronavirus/local-coronavirus-news/grim-realities-of-covid-19-set-in-as-ohio-hospital-orders-refrigerated-truck-after-morgue-reaches-capacity",
"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13289876/bodies-bags-marked-covid-stacked-refrigerated-trucks-texas/",
"https://khn.org/morning-breakout/overwhelmed-hospitals-fret-as-reinforcements-get-tougher-to-find/",
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"It's no accident that",
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"- Blood clot to the brain (STROKE)",
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"https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-vaccine-comparison-idUSKBN2802H4",
"https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus-survival-rate",
"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/05/05/covid-19-fact-check-coronavirus-mortality-rate-misleading/3019503001/"
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}
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