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You got that backwards. 800,000 Americans sounds like a huge number, but it's only 0.24%. It's dwarved by the number of deaths that happen every year -- 2,813,503 (0.86%) in 2017.[1]

Absolute numbers aren't relevant, or do you believe Andorra isn't affected by COVID?

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm



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