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bammerburn t1_it0kycr wrote

Reply to comment by nonlawyer in Queens man struck by subway in fight was rushing to take wife to doctor’s visit: widow by someone_whoisthat

Republicans pretending 1 million deaths didn’t happen, and everybody else just losing their minds.

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SakanaToDoubutsu t1_it2m3hg wrote

Say the average person who died from COVID-19 was 50 years old and lost about 25 years of life, that 25 million years of lost potential. By comparison the US population is about 360 million, and effectively lost a year of our lives from 2020 through 2021, thats 360 million years of lost potential. Which was worse in the grand scheme of things?

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tuberosum t1_it2uzk6 wrote

Still the dead, because they'll never get to experience anything ever again.

You spent a year doing indoor things, baking bread and hanging out with friends on zoom instead of at a bar...

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williamwchuang t1_it3fg8p wrote

Why are you comparing the two numbers? You're acting like everything would be normal despite a global pandemic if only the government did not do anything.

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