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grumpyduck

(6,232 posts)
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 10:26 PM Dec 2020

Hiroshima/Nagasaki casualties vs Covid-19

I was on a Zoom call today (not political) and the movie Pearl Harbor came up, which led to how inaccurate it is, and then to something else and so forth. One of the "so-forths" was the bombing of the two cities and the number of casualties.

Dead: just over 100,000 total

Injured: just under 100,000 total

Total: just under 200,000

That's far less than have died of Covid-19 here in the US, and we're not even at war. Choke on that, GOP -- as if you gave a fucking rat's ass.

https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/med/med_chp10.html

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Hiroshima/Nagasaki casualties vs Covid-19 (Original Post) grumpyduck Dec 2020 OP
K&R, I knew Red Don would frog nuke a city before he left but this is much worse and will kill more uponit7771 Dec 2020 #1
But the faithful hold to the position that it was all China's fault. Chainfire Dec 2020 #2

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
1. K&R, I knew Red Don would frog nuke a city before he left but this is much worse and will kill more
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 10:28 PM
Dec 2020

... Americans before leaving office.

Chainfire

(17,531 posts)
2. But the faithful hold to the position that it was all China's fault.
Thu Dec 31, 2020, 09:44 AM
Dec 2020

Old exalted one handled the situation perfectly. There is just no breaking through their cast iron skulls.

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