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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 88 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair, most of them were Republicans. God works in mysterious ways.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry I didn't make it clear. 800k is US only, other figures (including OP) are worldwide.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

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 points 1 week ago

most of them were Republicans.

I wonder if that will make a noticeable impact on the 2024 election?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And he didn't even take any of the really obvious ones.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like Fuckface 45 who definitely needs to extricate this plane of existence.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He was given paxlovid or whatever horse vaccine lol. I would have preferred him get UV internally like he wanted.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He took Herman Cain and Meatloaf, two prominent anti-mask anti-vax celebs.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't realize Meatloaf was into that stuff. I expected more of you, Loaf.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A-1 makes Meatloaf sing, but COVID finishes off Meatloaf… or something, I am not a comedian.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think there might be something there. Maybe "A-1 makes Meatloaf sing, COVID-19 made him croak?"

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Kind of an encapsulation of their modern mindset. "Thanks, big guy, for making others suffer instead of me."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Personally, heaven sounds awful.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Fortatech@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago

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 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 1 week ago

Well, It is an old meme 🤷

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you god for fixing the cataracts of Sam's mum

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Either all gods agreed on the pandemic or they have unequal power.

[–] exanime@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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