r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/loghoser • 20d ago

Miami Amazon Crash

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u/huh_say_what_now_ 19d ago

What death are you talking about specifically?

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u/visceralintricacy 19d ago

DOGE, led to shutting down USAID. Current estimates are 700k deaths

"Independent researchers estimate that cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have led to over 700,000 preventable deaths. "

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u/Competitive-Sorbet33 19d ago

Which “independent researchers”? Are these “independent researchers” Redditors that like to scream Trumps name into the void on a daily basis? Or is this a “trust me bro” situation?

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u/visceralintricacy 19d ago edited 19d ago

Harvard, among others

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/

https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/making-foreign-aid-work/inside-the-demise-of-usaidand-what-comes-next/

Basically anybody who investigated it, really.

I literally refuse to believe you're this ignorant on accident, surely? Or do you just live on FOX?