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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums1 in every 1000 people in the US have died of covid:
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Ryan Struyk
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1 in 1,000 people in the United States have now died from coronavirus.
US population: 330,752,923
US deaths: 330,844
@ryanstruyk
1 in 1,000 people in the United States have now died from coronavirus.
US population: 330,752,923
US deaths: 330,844
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1 in every 1000 people in the US have died of covid: (Original Post)
tblue37
Dec 2020
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Unfortunately, the 1 in 1000 people thing that the media has been pushing all day
mtnsnake
Dec 2020
#5
bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)6. That's what happens when people
believe fiction over facts...
StarryNite
(12,167 posts)2. And it's getting worse.
Arkansas Granny
(32,265 posts)3. This is Donald Trump's legacy. It didn't have to be this way.
Towlie
(5,580 posts)4. And the number of cases is about 1 in 17.
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USA Population = 330,753,580
Coronavirus Cases = 19,382,025
19,382,025 / 330,753,580 = 5.86% = about 1 in 17.
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)5. Unfortunately, the 1 in 1000 people thing that the media has been pushing all day
will probably give all the anti-mask wearing assholes even less incentive to wear masks. They are so fucking dumb that they'll think their chances of anything happening to them is 1 in 1000, so why bother taking any precautions. Stupid morons.