trek32Aug 27, 2024

Political discourse

https://lemmy.world/post/19120059

Political discourse - Lemmy.World

Show threadtrek32Aug 27, 2024

For the fact checkers www.bbc.com/news/61333847

According to the WHO, in 2020 and 2021 the US recorded more than 930,000 excess deaths, behind India (4.7m), Russia (1.1m) and Indonesia (1m).

Does US really have world's highest Covid death toll?

A new report suggests other countries had more excess deaths than US during the pandemic.

Show threadOneWomanCreamTeamAug 27, 2024
Since the meme mentions rate, rather than total deaths, this graphic from that article is probably more relevant
Show threadforrcaho
This is an informative chart that definitely contributes to the discussion. Without any clue where it comes from, though, I have no way to gauge its credibility.
Aug 27, 2024 at 6:47pmWeb
Show threaddohpaz42Aug 27, 2024
According to the article that this graphic came from, it’s from Johns Hopkins University, data as of 4 May.