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Re:Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich... by areyousure on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @05:42PM (#31913393)
> more than twice that amount [10,000] died in one day on September 17, 1862.

In case anyone is curious, this refers to "the bloodiest day in all of American history" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam where it appears fewer than 8,000 people died.

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Re:Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich... by googlryas on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:06PM (#31913687)
Oops, I mistook the casualty figure for the total deaths. In any case, even if "only" 3500 people died in 1 day, that is still a rate approximately 4000x higher than the average rate over the past 20 years.
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