Delta Air Lines doesn’t want to call delta variant the ‘delta variant’

Re:Delta Air Lines doesn’t want to call delta variant the ‘d... by jjk166 on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:47PM (#28330037)

You said 7 figure body counts in 2 years weren't bad by global pandemic standards.

7 figure body counts in 2 years put you in the top ten deadliest natural disasters in human history.

No one was talking about fraction of the population, nor was anyone talking about effective reduction of life expectancy. You specifically were using the metric body count.

If you want to make an argument that this pandemic isn't that bad because the people who died this time don't count for as much as those who died in other pandemics, you can do so, but I think that's a poor strategy for corporate PR.

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Re:Delta Air Lines doesn’t want to call delta variant the ‘d... by elzbardico on Friday August 27, 2021 @10:24PM (#28335055)

You can’t compare absolute numbers. Why do you insist on that? Do you think world population was always the same? Really?

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Re:Delta Air Lines doesn’t want to call delta variant the ‘d... by jjk166 on Sunday August 29, 2021 @02:29PM (#28349220)

If the question is a matter of absolute numbers, which for body count it is, then yes I can.

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