Coronavirus Has Now Killed More Americans Than Vietnam War

[denem]

Source: NPR

In not even three months since the first known U.S. deaths from COVID-19, more lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. soil than the 58,220 Americans who died over nearly two decades in Vietnam.

Early Tuesday evening ET, the U.S. death toll reached 58,365, according to Johns Hopkins University.

While the number of lives lost in the U.S. during the pandemic and the U.S. death toll in that war are roughly the same now, the death rate from the coronavirus in America is considerably higher. It now stands at about 17.6 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

During 1968, the deadliest year for the U.S. in Vietnam, the death toll of 16,899 occurred at about half the pandemic's rate — 8.5 troops were killed for every 100,000 U.S. residents.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/846701304/pandemic-death-toll-in-u-s-now-exceeds-vietnam-wars-u-s-fatalities

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Thing about those Americans & these Americans is Donald J. Trump didn't fight for either group. . nt

[47of74]

2. Fuck you Donald Trump

And all of your supporters, everywhere.

[oldsoftie]

3. This is a ridiculous comparison.

neither one has anything to do with the other. How many die every YEAR due to heart disease? Colon cancer?
Trumps lagging action and his continued ineptness is a definite story.
But suddenly bringing up Vietnam deaths like they're connected in any way makes zero sense.

[uppityperson]

4. Both were failed policies affected many of us.

[Towlie]

10. At best it's a comparison of numbers.

There are more stars in the galaxy than grains of sand on all the beaches, but that doesn't necessarily imply a connection between the two.

[larwdem]

5. this

is historic and needs to be said

[Renew Deal]

6. The Vietnam War took 20 years. This took 2 months.

[olddad65]

7. Well, when it comes to the death toll in Vietnam, lets not the over 3 million human beings

That were killed because of that war. It was more than just the 58,000 Americans.

[spike jones]

8. For the number of Vietnamese killed by USA soldiers that is 810 per 100,000. n/t

No, wait that is 8100 per 100000. Population of Vietnam in 1960 was 37 million, with 3 million dead...
For breakfast I had a bowl of weed.

[CaptYossarian]

9. We can list the names on the walls of Trump Tower.