(and depending on the estimate you're looking at, it's also higher than the military deaths in the Civil War, which remains the deadliest conflict in US history)
(which is probably also why they're so deadset on believing it's a virus manufactured in a Chinese lab and some kind of deliberate attack, as opposed to, y'know, this is what viruses DO)
(because then it gives them an "enemy" to focus on and they don't have to acknowledge the reality that a virus does not give a single, solitary fuck who you voted for and will kill indiscriminately)
hey everyone I'm the one responsible for Covid, and by not getting vaccinated you're giving me what i want. I'm a liberal, bisexual fat woman in her 30s living with a married man and I'm not the one married to him (this is only bc their divorce is going slow bc covid)