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Four Weeks to Slow the Spread

The foibles and fiascos of an unnecessary war.

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JD Breen
Mar 04, 2026
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ABC News

Atlanta, GA

March 4, 2026

Looks like another momentous March.

Six years ago this month, the President of the United States declared an “emergency”, and told Americans they should stay home for “fifteen days to slow the spread”.

This was a temporary sacrifice for the “common good”. After all, “we were all in this together”. But when that quarantine …

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