Deaths per year:
The US CDC reported 47,882 #COVID19 deaths (which is certainly undercounted) in the last year.
In the entire 2023-2024 flu season, the CDC reported 28,000 influenza-related deaths.
Gun violence claimed 46,728 lives in 2023.
27,300 people died by suicide using a firearm in 2023.
40,990 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2023.
How is it that COVID can cause as much death as things we worry about and legislate, yet it attracts no concern or action from most?
Augie Ray /
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2024-12-31 21:12:13
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