beijingwalker
ELITE MEMBER
![](/styles/default/xenforo/ranks/FieldMarshal.jpg)
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2011
- Messages
- 65,195
- Reaction score
- -55
- Country
- Location
As U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top the Civil War’s Toll, We're Repeating Disease History
BY RACHEL LANCE
AUGUST 14, 2021 4:16 PM EDT
On Saturday, the United States passed a new landmark in the fight against the novel coronavirus, when the death toll surpassed 620,000 people, the classic estimate for the number of deaths from the American Civil War. The grim comparison is telling, not only because of the sheer size of the death toll, but also because it carries a bleak secondary meaning.
time.com
BY RACHEL LANCE
AUGUST 14, 2021 4:16 PM EDT
On Saturday, the United States passed a new landmark in the fight against the novel coronavirus, when the death toll surpassed 620,000 people, the classic estimate for the number of deaths from the American Civil War. The grim comparison is telling, not only because of the sheer size of the death toll, but also because it carries a bleak secondary meaning.
![time.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.time.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F08%2Fgettysburg.jpg%3Fquality%3D85%26w%3D1200%26h%3D628%26crop%3D1&hash=ca4efd53e5c16460591841276a3a0400&return_error=1)
U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top Civil War's Toll
Many have approached COVID-19 with a medical attitude hardly updated from 160 years ago
Last edited: