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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums3015 people
died who have never died before. But the day is young still.
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3015 people (Original Post)
gibraltar72
Mar 2020
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bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)1. That's an entire 9/11
And its only beginning.
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)2. 3015 people died who have never died before.
I need some time to let that sink in.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)3. I believe Trump said that.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)4. About a week ago
People are dying who've never died before.
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)5. Wowzers. I hadn't heard that gem of wisdom from the talking yam.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)6. Rated probably true.
coti
(4,612 posts)7. They might just be the greatest die-ers in history
Or the worst...the biggest? Smallest? Cheapest? Most beautiful? Never know with Trump.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)8. Sure sounds like DT, but the "People have died..." quote it is actually a false meme.
ffr
(22,669 posts)9. For context though, humans are still adding 220,000 people to Earth every day. Net.
It's incredible to see how fast we're adding humans to this planet. The coronavirus has nothing on us. We're apparently the infection this planet cannot get over.
And so far, most of the people contracting the virus are surviving. So that's a positive.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)10. I read a story about wild animals coming into the empty streets
of quiet, but once bustling cities. We are not killing the planet, we are killing ourselves and a few other animal species. The planet will keep moving on once we are dead.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)11. IMO, it is not incredible to see how fast we are adding humans
it is disheartening, maddening and demoralizing.