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11-11-2020, 01:37 AM
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5 times the deaths of viet nam war

During the decade long war in Viet Nam, the U.S. suffered 56,000 dead. In only 9 months the Corona Virus has killed 245,00 U.S. dead. Good heavens, that's 5 times the number of dead from the Viet Nam war and in only 9 months. At that rate we can expect over 1 million U.S. dead, in only 2 more years.

if this keeps going it is going to make the Spanish flu epidemic of 1919, look like the good old days.
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11-11-2020, 07:45 AM
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It's hard to equate while the situation is live, retrospective analysis will be important in due course.
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11-11-2020, 07:58 AM
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But not all the reported deaths from COVID are actually COVID related, someone may have tested positive but died from something else, but it’s still classed as as a COVID death
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This Covid is certainly a foe like no other...
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11-11-2020, 11:19 AM
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Re: 5 times the deaths of viet nam war

Originally Posted by bakerman ->
During the decade long war in Viet Nam, the U.S. suffered 56,000 dead. In only 9 months the Corona Virus has killed 245,00 U.S. dead. Good heavens, that's 5 times the number of dead from the Viet Nam war and in only 9 months. At that rate we can expect over 1 million U.S. dead, in only 2 more years.

if this keeps going it is going to make the Spanish flu epidemic of 1919, look like the good old days.
That'll look good on Trump's CV
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Just think how many lives would have been saved and how many people would not have been injured if America had kept its nose out of Vietnam. Quite a few Americans too.
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Re: 5 times the deaths of viet nam war

Originally Posted by bakerman ->
During the decade long war in Viet Nam, the U.S. suffered 56,000 dead. In only 9 months the Corona Virus has killed 245,00 U.S. dead. Good heavens, that's 5 times the number of dead from the Viet Nam war and in only 9 months. At that rate we can expect over 1 million U.S. dead, in only 2 more years.

if this keeps going it is going to make the Spanish flu epidemic of 1919, look like the good old days.
To give it some perspective Bakerman, how many people would have died in America had there not been a covid epidemic?
 

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