Coronavirus death toll as of 9/8/20:
190,000

The Coronavirus death toll compared other American Tragedies, a thread (see below):
The Gulf War : 294 deaths

.002% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 646.26 Gulf Wars to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.998% more Americans than The Gulf War.
The Jonestown Massacre: 909 deaths

.005% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 209.02 Jonestown Massacres to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.995% more Americans than The Jonestown Massacre.
The War in Afghanistan: 2,216 deaths

.011% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 85.74 Wars in Afghanistan to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.989% more Americans than The War in Afghanistan.
The Attacks on Pearl Harbor: 2,403 deaths

.013% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 79.06 Wars in Afghanistan to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.987% more Americans than The Attacks on Pearl Harbor.
The Attacks of September 11th: 2,997 deaths

.017% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 63.4 September 11th attacks to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.983% more Americans than The Attacks of September 11th.
The Iraq War: 4,497 deaths

.024% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 42.25 Iraq Wars to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 99.976% more Americans than the Iraq War.
American Revolutionary War: approx. 25,000 deaths

13% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 7.6 American Revolutionary Wars to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 87% more Americans than the American Revolutionary War.
The American-Korean War: 35,516 deaths

19% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 5.34 American-Korean wars to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 81% more Americans than the American-Korean war.
The Vietnam War: 58,209 deaths

31% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 3.26 Vietnam Wars to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 69% more Americans than the Vietnam war.
World War I, United States : 116,516 deaths

61% of Coronavirus Deaths

It would take 1.63 World War I’s to = current Coronavirus deaths.

Coronavirus has killed 39% more Americans than the first World War.
World War II, United States: 405,339 deaths

Meaning Coronavirus is 46% of the way to totalling the amount of Americans killed in WWII.

If we continue to avg 30,000 new cases/month, we would hit this total in approximately 7 months.
AIDs Crisis, US: 450,000 deaths (1980-2001 approx)

Coronavirus is 42% of the way to totaling the amount of Americans killed in the AIDS pandemic.

If we continue to avg 30,000 new cases/month, we would hit this total of Americans killed by AIDS in approximately 8.6 months
The American Civil War: 655,000 deaths (highest in US history)

Coronavirus is 29% of the way to totaling the amount killed in the Civil War.

If we continue to avg 30,000 new cases/month, we would hit this total of Amerians killed by the Civil War in approximately 15.5 months.
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