I have read multiple other articles to the same effect from different publications. Aid got cut off instantly, people could not access medicine and food that they needed, and people died. Horribly.

Get out of your bubble before you destroy your soul.

It's all estimates based on a model that projected what would happen, which has been circulated by numerous publications with inflammatory headlines. The goal is likely to create your exact reaction.

If you'd like to try it yourself, use a deep research skill modeled after Karpathy's approach tell it to fully investigate the claim. Assume all sources of journalism from any outlet have a political bias and draw conclusion only from verifiable primary source data.