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SoonerPride

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3. Death count is doubling every 7 days

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:39 AM

Apr 2020

It was 14,820 on April 9th.

We will likely be at 60,000 dead by April 23rd or 24th.

We will soar past that low ball number they touted only weeks ago.

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US has passed 30,000 CoronaVirus Deaths [View all] aggiesal Apr 2020 OP

And 100% of the credit for every named dead American. ffr Apr 2020 #1

And that doesn't even include most states' nursing home deaths. Squinch Apr 2020 #2

Death count is doubling every 7 days SoonerPride Apr 2020 #3

Correction underpants Apr 2020 #6

You are correct. Last week seems like 5 years ago. SoonerPride Apr 2020 #7

hit 10,000 on Monday April 6th. 30,000 on April 16th and picking up speed rurallib Apr 2020 #13

Is this "Winning." IggleDuer Apr 2020 #4

To use Homer Simpson's ratings score, he gets 7 thumbs down. Top 10 Idiots Apr 2020 #5

I was going to ask 5,000 since last night? This has it at 33,332 underpants Apr 2020 #8

The public health sector is scrambling to catch up to reality gratuitous Apr 2020 #12

one hell of hoax virus aint it? beachbumbob Apr 2020 #9

And we aren't even counting people that die at home... Takket Apr 2020 #10

This administration DESERVES to be in jail. lark Apr 2020 #11