05-18-2020, 10:37 PM
Quote:I tend to side with the consensus rather than a single contrarian.You mean when the consensus by Fauci was no problem with the flu in America and definitely no need for masks or social distancing or anything else. Is that the consensus you are talking about.
Quote:I tend to side with the consensus rather than a single contrarian.Really? So theses references by the contrarian means he has quite a few other contrarians who agree with him, but you know better.
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