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Friday, April 23, 2021

Highest

 NY Times: ‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic By Denise Lu - The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal ever recorded in the country — even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

However, keep in mind the population in 1918 was 1/3rd or less of what it is today, so that number relative to the numbers back then is far lower.

Jim Sande said...

I was watching Trump's disinfectant speech which was one year go today. If he was a real president, a decent person, this thing would be half of what it turned out to be, if that.