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Re:High prices will outlast the war by torstenvl on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:38AM (#30682287)
1982—present is within the last century and has had a death toll of 36.3 million so far. I think your position could improve from some grounding and perspective.
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Re:High prices will outlast the war by valleyer on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:28AM (#30683273)
(You seem to be referencing the AIDS pandemic.) In terms of deaths per year, that's far smaller than COVID-19, whose death toll over two years probably lies somewhere between the 6 million official number and the over 20 million "excess deaths" counted by The Economist.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...

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Re:High prices will outlast the war by shkkmo on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:34PM (#30688274)
You'd possibly have a point if we were discussing long term medical research h funding priorities. We aren't. We are discussing acute economic phenomena. It that context, covid it absolutely the worst pandemic in a century.
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Re:High prices will outlast the war by torstenvl on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:30PM (#30693770)
*had the worst government economic response to a pandemic in a century
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Re:High prices will outlast the war by shkkmo on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:41AM (#30700176)
That's a meaningless distinction since there isn't any comparable event to compare the response to.
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