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Jacob Mertes
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“i knew we must stay in absolute sync, for the enemy had grown so subtle, its camouflage so chameleon, we had to be on constant watch” 252
— Oct 19, 2026 05:46PM
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Jacob Mertes
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“but the longer i watch the gov’t do nothing, the months thrown away with the lives of my friends, the more I see it didn’t have to happen. The drug was on the shelf in ‘83 when they finally pinned the virus down, but nobody bothered” (292)
— Oct 22, 2026 11:09PM