The U.S. lost 360,000 Union soldiers, including 110,000 to combat and the rest to disease, fighting the slaver “confederacy.” 1 in 7 were from New York.
116,516 soldiers died in World War I, including 63,114 who fell to the 1918 influenza pandemic and 53,402 in combat.
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116,516 soldiers died in World War I, including 63,114 who fell to the 1918 influenza pandemic and 53,402 in combat.
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Nearly 235,000 were killed fighting the Nazis and their fascist “Axis,” with 300,000 U.S. troops dying in total. washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…
We’re now talking about that level of death in America due to the coronavirus pandemic and the utter failure of the Trump administration to handle it; reminiscent of Woodrow Wilson in 1917 but worse because science is so much more advanced. But the death level is on a 1918 track. 
More here on the unfortunately-named “Spanish flu,” so-monikered because Spain alone didn’t lie about the deadliness of the rampant flu while the U.S. under the odious Mr Wilson and other countries did: livescience.com/spanish-flu.ht…
And this projection is now looking like a possible lowball... politico.com/news/2020/07/0…
And... scene. cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-…
