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WhiskeyGrinder

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22. This mass dying event has huge social, economic and cultural implications that simply aren't being

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Feb 5, 2022, 11:05 AM

Feb 2022

addressed, and we'll be paying for it for decades.

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900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic [View all] L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP

it's amazing to think that essentially a million Americans vanished thanks to tfg cadoman Feb 2022 #1

I have 2 relatives in those statistics. wnylib Feb 2022 #17

The republican party is the pro pandemic party. This is all on TFG, Fox News, and people like ... Botany Feb 2022 #2

Fully vaccinated Fox News hosts promote misinformation to their viewers IronLionZion Feb 2022 #4

My next door neighbor has a good friend who is an oncology surgeon and he has had a lot of his ... Botany Feb 2022 #5

Unfortunately way too many are still unvaccinated IronLionZion Feb 2022 #3

We will be Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #6

Ridiculous statement brooklynite Feb 2022 #7

it could make a difference in some swing districts/states IronLionZion Feb 2022 #19

So a million by Easter? tclambert Feb 2022 #8

If the official count is 900K, I'm sure the actual count is easily already over 1 million. tanyev Feb 2022 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2022 #29

Maybe looking at the excess deaths over the prior year? mahina Feb 2022 #35

45 knew and lied for the rest of his term and continues today. Got vaxxed privately though..n/t Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #9

We could have wiped out COVID.... SergeStorms Feb 2022 #11

Many Republicans are wiping themselves out IronLionZion Feb 2022 #12

It's never enough. SergeStorms Feb 2022 #15

more than likely the real count is well past one million Skittles Feb 2022 #13

Yes, I wonder what the real number is. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #14

Surprising. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #16

.... Skittles Feb 2022 #30

Probably higher than a million deaths right now. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #31

I'm amazed how many people I know personally Emile Feb 2022 #18

"It was not inevitable. There are things that we could have done and should have done ... to protect Blues Heron Feb 2022 #20

By contrast, the 1918-1920 flu epidemic wnylib Feb 2022 #21

Back then we had less than a third of our current population though. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #28

This mass dying event has huge social, economic and cultural implications that simply aren't being WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #22

My parents were born in 1917 and 1919. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #24

Another commercial that writes itself if Trump runs again.... Bengus81 Feb 2022 #23

Kick love_katz Feb 2022 #25

I feel bad ONLY for the innocent and those who died before a vaccine was available. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #26

Horrible milestones ... BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #27

Let us NEVER oret that the F'n,, murdering orange TRAITOR** told woodward niyad Feb 2022 #32

Rt TY.. & That's REALITY! Cha Feb 2022 #33

"... Unvaccinated individuals are 97 times more likely to die ...." L. Coyote Feb 2022 #34

Politics, religion and science don't mix well. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #36