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Foolacious

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5. The article keeps switching back and forth between "Latin America" and "South America"...

Reply to SaintLouisBlues (Original post)

Sat May 22, 2021, 11:14 AM

May 2021

... as if they were the same thing. But much of Latin America is in North America or Central America. So it's not clear just what claim the article is making, especially since it doesn't specifically identify the eight countries with the worst Covid death rates over the past week.

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COVID-19 deaths in Latin America surpass 1 mln as outbreak worsens [View all] SaintLouisBlues May 2021 OP

Seems to be a bad link. MiniMe May 2021 #1

I know we have put off going to Brazil to meet more of our daughters in laws. lark May 2021 #2

Correct Link IronLionZion May 2021 #3

It's a mess Mz Pip May 2021 #4

Have a friend in Mexico doing something similar. Ace Rothstein May 2021 #8

The article keeps switching back and forth between "Latin America" and "South America"... Foolacious May 2021 #5

What a horrible statistic to read. My heart goes out to all in the entire world affected by this... SWBTATTReg May 2021 #6

We can assume some horrific variant will rise up from all those cases. SunSeeker May 2021 #7