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This statement is false.
"The covid-19 pandemic has sent food prices soaring around the world"
Lock downs did that. Not covid. This type of phrasing is putting blame for economic disaster on the pandemic. The people that supported lock downs are responsible for these millions of deaths. And they need to be held accountable. Even the public needs to know that their support for lock downs is partially to blame. Everyone that claimed "I'm not making this political" needs to know that, yes you did.
Regardless of the mistake, thank you for the article,
JM Scott
Re: Covid-19: Hunger spreads and food prices soar amid pandemic, warns UN food agency
Dear Editor
This statement is false.
"The covid-19 pandemic has sent food prices soaring around the world"
Lock downs did that. Not covid. This type of phrasing is putting blame for economic disaster on the pandemic. The people that supported lock downs are responsible for these millions of deaths. And they need to be held accountable. Even the public needs to know that their support for lock downs is partially to blame. Everyone that claimed "I'm not making this political" needs to know that, yes you did.
Regardless of the mistake, thank you for the article,
JM Scott
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