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Two-column graphic titled "What You Say vs. What I Hear: COVID-19 Edition". Left column "What you say:" and right column "What I Hear:". Row 1: "Most people don't die from it." / "The thousands of people who die from COVID-19 every week are insignificant to me." Row 2: "We have to get back to our lives" / "The response to COVID-19 should be tailored to my tolerance for inconvenience, regardless of other people's…

What You Say vs. What I Hear: COVID Edition

A blunt two-column chart translating common COVID-19 arguments into what critics hear. It's a pandemic-era political jab, not a Xennial throwback, but very shareable.

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Two-column graphic titled "What You Say vs. What I Hear: COVID-19 Edition". Left column "What you say:" and right column "What I Hear:". Row 1: "Most people don't die from it." / "The thousands of people who die from COVID-19 every week are insignificant to me." Row 2: "We have to get back to our lives" / "The response to COVID-19 should be tailored to my tolerance for inconvenience, regardless of other people's…

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