{"id":7685,"date":"2020-04-13T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=7685"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:48:43","slug":"covid-19-silly-policy-decisions-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2020\/04\/13\/covid-19-silly-policy-decisions-1\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19 &#8211; Silly Policy Decisions 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw this, and saw red. 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