Americans dying faster of COVID-19 than our soldiers did in WWII

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In less than a year, more Americans have died of COVID-19 than died during World War II, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

In the 1,347 days from the attack on Pearl Harbor to V-J Day, 405,399 Americans died fighting in World War II, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In less than a quarter of that time, at least 406,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19.

These historic tragedies are connected solely by the scale of death and injuries – except for a few soldiers who fought in the war but lost their battle against the coronavirus and the few who survived both.

Still, looking at the two moments together perhaps helps us remember the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of young U.S. soldiers and recognize the serious threat the coronavirus pandemic poses.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/americans-dying-faster-of-covid-19-than-our-soldiers-did-in-wwii/ar-BB1cTxOJ?li=BBnb7Kz

[Hortensis]

1. Yes. Such enormous tragedy. Somehow I feel it more as time goes on

and I look back down the decades of life they lost and realize those old tragedies are ongoing.

[keithbvadu2]

2. The Trump/Pence personal death count

Trump's legacy