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Originally Posted by Mr. V
Major, you portray yourself as a conservative who welcomes debate.
How do you feel about fact checking?
Your "dentist friend" should stick to filling cavities and not trying to revise American history: he and you are flat WRONG to claim as you have above.
We HAVE quarantined healthy people: we did it in 1918 to help combat the influenza pandemic sweeping the world at that time.
see: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/a...antine/609163/
Now I realize facts have a habit of getting the way of closely held beliefs, but for those who use their brains as a filter they can be illuminating. |
I should modify the statement to be in my lifetime. I am not sure what was done in 1918. Honestly, I haven't read much about it. However, since then, we have had very serious epidemics like small pox, polio, MERS, H1N1, etc., and have never shut down the economy. I don't feel too bad if you have to go back to 1918 for an example. If we quarantined healthy people back then, I stand corrected.