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Fri Jun 26, 2020, 11:40 AM Jun 2020

In 14 years, the Vietnam war killed 0.03% of the US population [View all]

As of today, Sars-Cov-2 has killed 0.04% of the US population, over the course of 5 months.

The combat casualties of all Union armies in the civil war stands at 140,000, over the course of four years. Sars-Cov-2 deaths are now at 127,000, and will probably pass 140,000 on or about the 4th of July.

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