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“Freedom Flu” is Blanketing America

In defiance of science, data, and recommendations from the CDC, many Americans protest common sense as the Covid-19 Pandemic rages.

Peter Graves Roberts
5 min readJun 29, 2020
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To date, there have been over 2.5 million cases of Covid-19 and more than 125,000 deaths in the United States according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Globally, as of 3:53pm CEST, 28 June 2020, there have been 9,843,073 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 495,760 deaths, reported to WHO.”

Despite ranking first worldwide in total number of cases and total deaths according to the World Health Organization, a vociferous minority of Americans refuse to heed one simple safety precaution: wearing a facemask in public.

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“A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person’s chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus… This inexpensive practice, in conjunction…

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Peter Graves Roberts
Peter Graves Roberts

Written by Peter Graves Roberts

Pete Roberts is a poet, punk writer, backseat journalist and objector. Born and broken in Portsmouth, VA, he now works from the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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