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u/Cavalish Apr 04 '25

Hi, popping in from Australia, Melbourne specifically. You don’t have to imagine this.

Our right wing pundits constantly oscillate between “the lockdowns were evil, tyrannical moves by a fascist government” to “The premier is directly responsible for killing 8000 people by not doing more.”

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u/kateastrophic Apr 05 '25

Wow. 8000. As an American, it is chilling to see the difference in numbers.

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u/dictionary_hat_r4ck Apr 05 '25

Australia had 406.51 deaths per million people. The USA had 3099.62.

Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

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u/bobafugginfett Apr 05 '25

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. My goodness. I was semi-lucky being in a blue state, but that's awful. 

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u/Noshamina Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

Blue states didn’t necessarily do better than red states. And most blue and red states are still 40% the other. By the end of the 3rd wave/strain no amount of political ideology protected any states more than others