Last week, I tweeted a thread about how the #coronavirus death toll is equivalent of that of cities of significant size. Here& #39;s another example. Just today, the #coronavirus death toll has surpassed the ENTIRE populations of College Station, TX, Evansville, IN, and Lansing, MI.
College Station, TX (pop. 117,911) is the home of @TAMU, Evansville, IN (pop. 117,979) is home to 4 NYSE and 3 NASDAQ companies, and Lansing (pop. 118,210) is the state capital of Michigan, one of the states hardest hit by the #coronavirus. The #coronavirus death toll is 118,282.
In fact, the U.S. #coronavirus death toll has, as of tonight, surpassed the populations of 78 different cities that have a population of at least 100,000 people. That& #39;s nearly one-quarter of all the American cities that have a population of over 100,000.
I am putting out a BIG THREAD on this very soon. I& #39;ve been trying to, in my own way, put just how destructive the #coronavirus has been into proper perspective. Showing how the death toll had passed every Super Bowl and World Series attendance figures is one thing, ...