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Old 10-23-2020, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by kkingston57 View Post
If this is correct, my best guess is that that there are less deaths attributable to auto accidents or other types of accident. Clearly there were a lot less people on the road.
From NHTSA:
“The FARS data indicate that an estimated 8,870 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the second quarter of 2020, a decrease of about 3.3% compared to the second quarter of 2019, which translates into 302 fewer fatalities as compared to the same period in 2019.Oct 1, 2020”
Hardly offsets 220,000 “Coronavirus deaths”...