Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Mass casualty events: Influenza pandemic, 1918-20: 675,000 Civil War: 600,000 WWII: 400,000 Coronavirus, 2020: 213,000 (so far) H2N2, 1957-58: 116,000 WWI: 115,000 H3N2, 1968: 100,000 Vietnam: 58,000 Korea: 36,000 H1N1, 2009: 12,469 Iraq: 4,500 Afghanistan: 2,300 — PolitiTweet.org