Death Toll Debates

Commenters repeatedly emphasize or dispute the number of deaths in a specific incident to counter claims that it was benign or minor.

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Sample Comments

dchuk Mar 8, 2014 View on HN

You realize a bunch of people died in this right?

adl Jun 8, 2023 View on HN

People died. It was not "very benign".

COGlory Sep 15, 2021 View on HN

The deaths of a lot of innocent people.

petepete Oct 19, 2018 View on HN

Aside from the millions of deaths, you mean?

hikerclimb Sep 30, 2020 View on HN

Hopefully people dieded because of this...

ugh Mar 13, 2011 View on HN

Shit did actually hit the fan. Several thousand people are dead. It could have been much worse but it is bad.

riazrizvi Sep 8, 2021 View on HN

Sweet deal.I wonder how many people died.

v3ss0n Mar 28, 2025 View on HN

Not just felt, death tolls too.

elromulous Sep 12, 2023 View on HN

It's worth noting that we don't know for sure how many people this killed, we only have a lower bound.

User23 Feb 2, 2017 View on HN

"which has resulted in at least 1 death" this is not true.