03-31-2020, 02:37 PM
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Originally posted by ironyak
Over sensationalized? UN chief doesn't seem to think so...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/c...59496.html
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UN chief says coronavirus 'worst crisis' since WWII
The United Nations chief has warned the coronavirus pandemic presents the world with its "worst crisis" since World War II, with the number of dead in the United States now higher than in China and hard-hit countries in Europe reporting their highest number of deaths in a single day.
The US announced some 800 deaths on Tuesday - bringing the total to more than 3,700. It also has the most confirmed cases. China has reported 3,282 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Italy each reported their largest single-day increase in deaths since the start of the pandemic. Some 12,428 people have died from the disease in Italy, the world's most seriously affected country."
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Although I am fully in support of doing what we have to do to turn the curve over for covid-19, I feel like I have to, for now, call BS on the UN Chief's assessment... The Rwanda genocide killed between 500,000 and 1,000,000 souls; Cambodia Khmer Rouge(1975-1979)estimated 1.4 million to 3 million; Bangladesh 300K to 3 million; Indonesian 500K to 3 million; and Stalin's (and Mao's) murder of untold numbers of their own people. Covid-19 isn't going to be a picnic, but it will be a while before we get to the numbers that our own murderous species has inflicted on its own...