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David Mulder
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This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

See the text below

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday. Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000100 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.

Deadliest days in american history:

  1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
  2. Antietam - 3,600
  3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
  4. Last Thursday - 2,861
  5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
  6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
  7. Last Friday - 2,439
  8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

See the text below

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday. Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.

Deadliest days in american history:

  1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
  2. Antietam - 3,600
  3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
  4. Last Thursday - 2,861
  5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
  6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
  7. Last Friday - 2,439
  8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

See the text below

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday. Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,100 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.

Deadliest days in american history:

  1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
  2. Antietam - 3,600
  3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
  4. Last Thursday - 2,861
  5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
  6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
  7. Last Friday - 2,439
  8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

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Was 'yesterday' Did COVID-19 take the lives of 3,100 Americans in a single day, making it the third deadliest day in American Historyhistory?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

enter image description hereSee the text below

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday.   Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.


Deadliest days in american history:
1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
2. Antietam - 3,600
3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
4. Last Thursday - 2,861
5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
7. Last Friday - 2,439
8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

Yes, people die everyday. Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.

Deadliest days in american history:

  1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
  2. Antietam - 3,600
  3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
  4. Last Thursday - 2,861
  5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
  6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
  7. Last Friday - 2,439
  8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

Was 'yesterday' the third deadliest day in American History?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

enter image description here

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday.   Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.


Deadliest days in american history:
1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
2. Antietam - 3,600
3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
4. Last Thursday - 2,861
5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
7. Last Friday - 2,439
8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

Did COVID-19 take the lives of 3,100 Americans in a single day, making it the third deadliest day in American history?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

See the text below

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday. Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.

Deadliest days in american history:

  1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
  2. Antietam - 3,600
  3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
  4. Last Thursday - 2,861
  5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
  6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
  7. Last Friday - 2,439
  8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?

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Was 'yesterday' the third deadliest day in American History?

This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:

enter image description here

The image reads:

Yes, people die everyday.   Yes we know it's not you because you are reading this.

Cancer takes approx. 1,600 Americans a day.
Heart events take approx. 1,800 Americans a day.
Suicides approx. 132.
Overdose deaths approx. 130.
Covid took 3,1000 lives in America yesterday making this new internet visual outdated in the same week, and becoming the 3rd most deadliest day in American history.


Deadliest days in american history:
1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000
2. Antietam - 3,600
3. September 11, 2001 -2,977
4. Last Thursday - 2,861
5. Last Wednesday - 2,762
6. Last Tuesday - 2,461
7. Last Friday - 2,439
8. Pearl Harbor - 2403

Wear a mask and avoid gatherings.

I want to know if the claims in it are correct. In particular was 'yesterday' really the 3rd deadliest day in American history?