At some point in the coming weeks, the total number of US deaths from Covid-19 will reach 1mn. For reference, the American Civil War took twice as long to kill three quarters as many people, and that figure is an upward revision on older estimates. All the nation’s external wars have together claimed around 700,000 US personnel over almost 250 years.
在未来几周的某个时候,美国死于新冠的总人数将达到100万。作为参考,美国内战造成的死亡人数是这个数字的四分之三(这还是采用了对美国内战死亡人数早先估算进行上修后的数字),而且美国内战持续的时间两倍于新冠疫情已经持续的时间。在近250年时间里,美国在海外参与的所有战争总计夺走大约70万美国人的生命。
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