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The Five Types of People Keeping the Coronavirus Pandemic Going

These people are the reason why we’ll be wearing masks in 2022

Manny Otiko
6 min readOct 1, 2021
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According to Democracy Now!, a University of Washington study projects the coronavirus pandemic will kill up to 12 million people worldwide. In America, about 2,000 people are dying daily from the coronavirus. Hospitals are beginning to get overrun again, and some parts of the country are rationing healthcare.

I’ve written previous articles about a dedicated group of people who want to keep the coronavirus going. There is a political reason for this. President Joe Biden came into office on a promise that he would try to control the coronavirus after the chronic bumbling of former President Donald Trump.

So in the minds of people on the right-hand side of the political spectrum, if Biden doesn’t halt the coronavirus, it means he’s failed as president. And if more Americans have to die, then so be it.

However, several other people are responsible for keeping the Covid-19 pandemic going in America.

The political denier/hypocrite

These people know the coronavirus is real, but they can’t admit it because of their political affiliation. Rupert Murdoch, his family members, and all of Fox News…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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