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![The coronavirus claimed more US lives than America's wars.]()
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The coronavirus claimed more US lives than America’s wars.
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![Vaccinations and protective measures are finally reducing the number of cases.]()
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Vaccinations and protective measures are finally reducing the number of cases.
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![But the USA has reached the threshold of half a million Covid 19 deaths.]()
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But the USA has reached the threshold of half a million Covid 19 deaths.
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![Anthony Fauci, US Corona special advisor, assumes that Americans will still wear masks next year.]()
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Anthony Fauci, US Corona special advisor, assumes that Americans will still wear masks next year.
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![Fauci calls the pandemic “terrible. It's not something we've been through in the 102 years since the 1918 flu pandemic.]()
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Fauci calls the pandemic “terrible. It’s not something we’ve been through in the 102 years since the 1918 flu pandemic. “
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The good news first. The USA also seem to have passed the zenith of the corona cases. The numbers have been falling steadily since the high on January 12th. In the meantime, vaccinations are carried out on the running meter in the USA, with around 1.5 million pricks per day.
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The bad news: The Covid-19 lung disease has killed around half a million people in the United States. That is a higher casualty rate than the number of people America lost on the battlefield in its last five great wars combined.
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More corona deaths than US combat victims
In the Second World War the Americans lost 291,000 people, in the Korean War 33,739 and Vietnam 47,434. Iraq and Afghanistan claimed another 4,424 and 2,400 dead, respectively. That corresponds to around 379,000 US combat casualties on America’s battlefields.
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The latest corona case numbers vary depending on the source. The reference values of the Johns Hopkins University currently speak of around 499,000 deaths. According to other sources, the 500,000 mark has already been exceeded. The news portal TMZ, for example, speaks of 502,000 deaths, the global statistics page «Worldometer» of more than 511,000 fatalities in the United States.
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Will you still have masks in 2022?
Anthony Fauci (80), Corona special advisor to former US President Donald Trump (74) and President Joe Biden (78), visibly has to struggle for composure in view of this horrific number of victims. “It’s awful,” he told CNN on Sunday. “It’s really awful. It’s something that is historical. It’s not something we’ve been through in the 102 years since the 1918 flu pandemic. “
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The number of Covid victims in the USA continues to rise, but vaccines and protective measures are likely to have turned the corner. Fauci admits that, despite the introduction of vaccines, Americans could still be required to wear masks until 2022. (kes)
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