2020 was still very much in the projection stage, the numbers got adjusted constantly until a good representation was agreed upon.
For example, one of the first "Covid-deaths" in my area was an 87 year-old man on palliative care for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He died, they ran a post-mortem covid test on him, it came back positive. Later on, he got removed from covid death statistics as it was probably not covid that killed him.
I don't disagree. I wouldn't want to spend eternity praising the Abrahamic god... but that's what you're supposed to want. So the dead people should be the grateful ones. And not just Jerry Garcia.
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Dave@lemmy.nz · 87 pts · 2y
This must be old, we were almost at 1.6m deaths by the end of 2020. Over 5 million by the end of 2021. Thanks God.
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world · 20 pts · 2y
To be fair, most of them were Republicans. God works in mysterious ways.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 10 pts · 2y
Well, by the end of 2021 there were a little under 800k deaths (edit: in the US), so the vast majority were not from the US, let alone Republican.
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
1.6M by the end of 2020, but also 800k by the end of 2021.
Maybe God did some work after all?
Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y
Sorry I didn't make it clear. 800k is US only, other figures (including OP) are worldwide.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
2020 was still very much in the projection stage, the numbers got adjusted constantly until a good representation was agreed upon.
For example, one of the first "Covid-deaths" in my area was an 87 year-old man on palliative care for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He died, they ran a post-mortem covid test on him, it came back positive. Later on, he got removed from covid death statistics as it was probably not covid that killed him.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
I wonder if that will make a noticeable impact on the 2024 election?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
And he didn't even take any of the really obvious ones.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Like Fuckface 45 who definitely needs to extricate this plane of existence.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
He was given paxlovid or whatever horse vaccine lol. I would have preferred him get UV internally like he wanted.
Artyom@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
He took Herman Cain and Meatloaf, two prominent anti-mask anti-vax celebs.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I didn't realize Meatloaf was into that stuff. I expected more of you, Loaf.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
A-1 makes Meatloaf sing, but COVID finishes off Meatloaf… or something, I am not a comedian.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I think there might be something there. Maybe "A-1 makes Meatloaf sing, COVID-19 made him croak?"
ceenote@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Kind of an encapsulation of their modern mindset. "Thanks, big guy, for making others suffer instead of me."
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Shouldn't they be thanking god because they're in heaven and we should be cursing him for not taking us?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Personally, heaven sounds awful.
Fortatech@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 2y
See you guys in hell ;)
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I mean, seriously. Think about the music they’ll have in heaven.
It’s all going to be the same shit with the same 3 chords for eternity. It’d be like listening to the same 5 elevator songs for all of eternity.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I don't disagree. I wouldn't want to spend eternity praising the Abrahamic god... but that's what you're supposed to want. So the dead people should be the grateful ones. And not just Jerry Garcia.
Halasham@dormi.zone · 13 pts · 2y
Ah, yes. Praise the patron god of sadism and injustice for working his vile deeds on others while the faithful escape a perceived just fate.
yumpsuit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
The Economist (2022):The pandemic’s true death toll is between 19.2 and 36.3 million “With 95% confidence interval.”
Ungated
Fortatech@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 2y
Well, It is an old meme 🤷
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Thank you god for fixing the cataracts of Sam's mum
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
Either all gods agreed on the pandemic or they have unequal power.
exanime@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yes, how religious types completely overlook the contradiction is beyond me
If it's good for me, God directly did it
If it's bad, it's my/our fault somehow