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I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, he only killed about 1.4 million.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually curious, what is that figure?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Number of excess deaths from COVID.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What counts as excess?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods.

That's pretty horrific. I have an American friend explaining to me as well how he could be plotting a fascist takeover

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Dammit, Donnie! These are rookie numbers! You gotta get those numbers up!