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Okay, work it out for me: how was that a bad trade for world governments and society?

People still have an avenue to sue for harm -- they can sue the government.

The government took on that liability in exchange for preventing the spread of a highly pathogenic, novel pandemic with moderate mortality, thereby allowing return to normal life, with fewer deaths, faster.

Which part of that was a bad idea?



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