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Letter: Death toll shows the chaos virus has unleashed on us (2)

Published 7 October 2020

From Dave Evans, Johannesburg, South Africa

The figure of 1 million global deaths needs to be put into context. It is about 0.015 per cent of the global population and is equivalent to those that malaria kills in 30 or so months – every 30 or so months.

Issue no. 3303 published 10 October 2020

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