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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88
Again you miss the point.
Drawing comparisons to terrorist attacks/acts of war to hype up a pandemic is not necessary.
Even less severe recent contagious disease outbreaks/pandemics... the Swine Flu and this year’s seasonal flu... both have higher death counts than Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
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What part of rate are you not comprehending? There was no point where Swine Flu or seasonal flu approached 2000/day death rates.
From the period of February 29-March 27 there were fewer people that died of COVID-19 in the US than died just today. That's a pretty staggering statistic. The geopolitical causes are certainly different, but the daily loss of life is substantial.
The leading cause of death in the US is heart disease, at around 650K per year, or roughly 1780 per day. Today, a virus none of us had heard of six months ago killed more people than that.
If you want to argue the necessity of comparing it to acts of war, there is certainly a subforum to do that on. I'm sure you know how to find it.