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4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018
2019-04-25 06:52:55

Time-Travel Tense Trouble, or Timey-Wimey Ball, lampshaded

We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2019-04-25 07:08:06

Not a trope, but you could add it to Other Stock Phrases

(See also No New Stock Phrases}

Seconding Timey-Wimey Ball for the concept being conveyed, however. It's also often taken as a request for Layman's Terms.

Edited by Scorpion451
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