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It's also greater than all of US military combat deaths for every war combined i.e. Civil War, WW1/2, Korea, Vietnam etc.. And think of how much concern (legiti
by jollybean 6y ago
It's also greater than all of US military combat deaths for every war combined i.e. Civil War, WW1/2, Korea, Vietnam etc.. And think of how much concern (legitimately so) we have for them.
- nonameiguess 6y agoUS Civil War death toll is estimated between 620,000 and 750,000, which is higher than the official Covid toll so far. It was also much more highly concentrated in a small number of states in a country that was far less populated.
- jollybean 6y agoThat's not 'combat deaths' though, that's 'total deaths'. In those wars, a huge number of people died from things other than direct combat. Here are the numbers [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualt...