Still thinking about this screen cap from Hannity's February 27 show
During that show, Hannity wanted to put things "in perspective" by noting that more than 100 people die each day in car accidents.

Now more than 1,000 people are dying each day from the virus.
By March 10, Hannity was arguing that it was only the old and those with weakened immune systems who needed to worry (as though that's good?), and hey, why aren't we talking about violence in, uh, Chicago? https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/sean-hannity-attempts-minimize-coronavirus-concerns-comparing-it-violence
By March 11, this turned into Hannity getting philosophical about life, noting that really, if you think about it, we're all dying, anyway https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/sean-hannity-isnt-concerned-about-coronavirus-because-were-all-dying-anyway
By March 16, Hannity was trying to give credit to Trump for what he called "the single most consequential decision in history," banning some travelers from China, conceding that a bunch of people will still die https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/sean-hannity-declares-trump-travel-ban-without-doubt-single-most-consequential
By March 31, Hannity had shifted the goalposts so far that anything less than 2.2 million US deaths was a victory for Trump https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/sean-hannity-declares-trump-travel-ban-without-doubt-single-most-consequential
So over the course of about a month, Hannity went from praising Trump for preventing any deaths related to the virus to praising Trump for only 200,000 dead.
The answer to how many deaths right-wing commentators will view as unacceptable will always be however many people die from this plus 1.
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