In the United States, the number of victims of the coronavirus exceeded 500 thousand, which was more than the number of losses of the country in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Such calculations were provided by the TMZ portal.
According to him, 291 thousand Americans died in World War II, 47.4 thousand soldiers became victims in Vietnam, and 33.7 thousand American soldiers died in the Korean War.
According to the data provided by the portal, more than 500 thousand people have already died from the consequences of COVID-19 in the United States.
Earlier, the head of the US National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, said that Americans may have to wear masks in public until 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. He predicted that outbreaks of the disease would continue to occur in the country for a long time, but mass vaccinations would allow the authorities to gradually lift existing sanitary restrictions.
The United States has the largest number of coronavirus cases in the world – 28.1 million.