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The title and heading are wrong. The article and associated says Covid could push an additional 207 million people into extreme poverty, for a total of 1 billio
by topkai22 6y ago
The title and heading are wrong. The article and associated says Covid could push an additional 207 million people into extreme poverty, for a total of 1 billion.
Edit: the underlying UN study actually states 251 million additional people in poverty. Not sure where that 207 number in the article and many others coming from.
That is also the worst case scenario. The expected case is 44 million. It’s a tragedy regardless, but the headline is inaccurate clickbait