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Epidemic math gets pretty complicated pretty fast if you’re really thinking through the issues, because you have to consider geometric growth, but if you happen to be both a mental defective incapable of complex thought and, simultaneously, a moral defective incapable of caring about anything beyond your own immediate comfort—and if you happen to be president of these United States when a disruptive epidemic emerges—then the math is pretty simple:
