[conspire] Let's look at fluview

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

I was specifically talking US deaths for both, since I wasn’t clear. Apologies.

Deirdre

> On May 4, 2020, at 2:44 AM, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail at webthatworks.it> wrote:
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>> On 5/4/20 2:35 AM, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
>>> On May 3, 2020, at 16:54, Nick Moffitt <nick at zork.net> wrote:
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>>> This format of response (reminiscent of the "GOOGLE RON PAUL" memes of election years gone by), reminds me of a friend who stumbled across a "CoolAmericaFacts" subreddit, which seems to be full of ironic takes on right-wing memes designed to educate any who follow through on the bait.  They forwarded on a bunch of examples in fits of giggles.
>> Yes, I came across this sub and had the same reaction.
>> One of the memes that’s been making the rounds on various media I follow is the point that there are more COVID-19 casualties in the US than the Vietnam war. [1][2][3] I mean the American war. Which, as someone who lived through the *years* of that as a kid and had an uncle who was never ever the same after, I just…can’t fathom. Literally can’t.
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> Not yet.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties
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> Unless well the only causalities that are worth to count are the US ones.
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> Or to give a more recent perspective on death count
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)
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> But I see Mr. Pompeo looking hard for another Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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> COVID-19 is serious but saving human lives or (haircut) freedom or democracy have never been seriously at the center of states or international policies.
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> Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
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