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You're off by an order of magnitude. Total deaths in WW2 estimated at approx 70 million. [1] Johns Hopkins estimates COVID-19 deaths are approaching 3 million
by engineer_22 6y ago
You're off by an order of magnitude.
Total deaths in WW2 estimated at approx 70 million. [1]
Johns Hopkins estimates COVID-19 deaths are approaching 3 million. [2]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
[2] https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
- ericb 6y agoMis-remembered. Number of Americans who died in WW2. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/962811921/the-u-s-battles-coronavirus-but-is-it-fair-to-compare-pandemic-to-a-war https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/9628119...
- engineer_22 6y agoRoger that. Americans killed in WW2: 410,000 Americans killed by Covid: 550,000