PBS (2018): Hurricane Maria's New Death Toll Estimate Is Higher than Katrina's

[TomCADem]

Remember when Trump repeatedly insisted that only 64 people died due to Hurricane Maria, thus it was not a "real catastrophe." Just keep this in mind when you look at stories about the White House delaying testing or trying to limit testing for COVID-19.

Trump now has two disasters that he has handled worse then Dubya did with Hurricane Katrina.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/hurricane-marias-new-death-toll-estimate-is-higher-than-katrinas/

A new study made public today found that the government of Puerto Rico severely underestimated the number of deaths from Hurricane Maria, in large part due to poor communication and planning for a large-scale disaster.

The report, produced by the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health at the request of the government of Puerto Rico, estimated that there were 2,975 additional deaths in the six months following the category-five storm that barreled into the island last September.

As a result of the study, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló revised the official death count for the storm from 64 to the study’s count of 2,975. (...) The new toll, which puts the figure significantly higher than the 1,883 deaths after Hurricane Katrina, is likely to further fuel the long simmering debate about exactly how many people were killed by Hurricane Maria.

The controversy began two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, when President Trump said the disaster wasn’t a “real catastrophe” like Katrina, because the death toll — then just 16 — was so small by comparison. Within weeks, the official figure had crept up to 64.

[Botany]

1. Another Trump success story.

n/t

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...for visibility...nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. "surplus" deaths in NY and USA will tell the story. Can't coverup large numbers of obituaries. . nt

[malaise]

4. K & R

for truth