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50,000 Benghazis, 109 Katrinas: U.S. COVID-19 Death in Perspective

LET US NOT FORGET
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Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

The United States now counts over 200,000 dead in direct connection with the novel coronavirus. Here’s how that massive figure stacks up to Benghazi, 9/11, and much more.