America's Covid-19 Deaths Likely to Exceed 9/11's Death Toll Every Day, For Two Months

Just today in America there were 223,365 new Covid-19 cases. The Hill notes that's "the worst it has ever been."

Long-time Slashdot reader smooth wombat also highlights this quote from Robert Redfield, the director of America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

"We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we're going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor," Redfield said during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.

In addition, when asked about the vaccines which are being prepared for use, Redfield said, "The reality is the vaccine approval this week's not going to really impact that I think to any degree for the next 60 days." Redfield, echoing a wide range of health experts, urged people to "double down" on basic precautions in the short term until a vaccine is widely available [including wearing a mask but also avoiding indoor gatherings.]

On Wednesday one political blog posted a list of the 10 deadliest days in American history. That Wednesday turned out to be the fifth deadliest day in American history, with the next day becoming the fourth deadliest day, behind only two Civil War battles and a hurricane that struck in the year 1900.

Here's a rough update of that list (using figures posted daily by The Covid Tracking Project:


Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155 This Thursday - 3,067 This Wednesday - 3,054September 11 (2001) — 2,977 Last Thursday — 2,879 Last Wednesday — 2,804 This Friday - 2,749 This Tuesday - 2,622 Last Friday — 2,607 Last Tuesday — 2,597 Today - 2,477 Last Saturday - 2,445 Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403
Of the 15 deadliest days in American history, 10 of them have happened within the last two weeks.

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