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		brink on July 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for co... > Dude don't be dismissive, this shit is serious. So is type 2 diabetes, so are traffic deaths, so is terrorism, so are heart attacks. All of which are somewhat preventable.

ceejayoz on July 7, 2020 | [–]

Mostly not contagious, though.

1k heart attacks aren't likely to spread to 2k additional people in a matter of a few days.

fzeroracer on July 7, 2020 | [–]

I'm pretty sure we'd be in mass hysteria too if it turned out heart attacks or diabetes is contagious.

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