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tblue37

(68,449 posts) Sat Dec 26, 2020, 06:57 PM Dec 2020

1 in every 1000 people in the US have died of covid:

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Ryan Struyk
@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 OP

. eleny Dec 2020 #1

That's what happens when people bronxiteforever Dec 2020 #6

And it's getting worse. StarryNite Dec 2020 #2

This is Donald Trump's legacy. It didn't have to be this way. Arkansas Granny Dec 2020 #3

And the number of cases is about 1 in 17. Towlie Dec 2020 #4

Unfortunately, the 1 in 1000 people thing that the media has been pushing all day mtnsnake Dec 2020 #5

eleny

(46,176 posts)

1. .

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 06:58 PM

Dec 2020

bronxiteforever

(11,212 posts)

6. That's what happens when people

Reply to eleny (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 09:34 PM

Dec 2020

believe fiction over facts...

StarryNite

(12,169 posts)

2. And it's getting worse.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 07:02 PM

Dec 2020

Arkansas Granny

(32,265 posts)

3. This is Donald Trump's legacy. It didn't have to be this way.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 07:02 PM

Dec 2020

Towlie

(5,580 posts)

4. And the number of cases is about 1 in 17.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 07:11 PM

Dec 2020

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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

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 08:57 PM

Dec 2020

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.

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