Ed Yong has our number once again. More of his great coronavirus reporting in The Atlantic, this time titled “How Did This Many Deaths Become Normla?”
First, some comparisons. There were more recorded US COVID deaths:
– last Fri than deaths from Katrina
– on any 2 recent weekdays than deaths in 9/11
– last month than from flu in a bad season
– in 2yrs than deaths from 40+yrs of AIDS. 2/ https://t.co/CZr7fKThHK— Ed Yong (@edyong209) March 8, 2022