(December 6, 2020 at 8:02 pm)tackattack Wrote: It’s that some sort of perspective that I have a problem with. And intentionally emotive one by spurious use of a tragedy just seems in bad taste to me. Why not just say “6 barrack fulls of aushwitz Jews just died yesterday of Covid” ? Or “the Approximately same number of 15-24 yr olds that died in the US of homicide in 2018”
I think it's extremely helpful to compare COVID numbers to something that might click better for some folks, especially as so many Americans remain relatively apathetic toward the virus overall.
Like this account: https://twitter.com/COVIDCityUSA
Quote:281,186 deaths is more than the population of any of these cities:
Quote:St Petersburg, Florida (265,351)
Fort Wayne, Indiana (270,402)
Toledo, Ohio (272,779)
Chula Vista, California (274,492)
Durham, North Carolina (278,993)