The Washington Post

We wrote yesterday that the country's covid-19 death toll has surpassed 250,000 victims. A quarter of a million is not an easy number to visualize, so The Post has published some comparisons to help comprehend the loss. In less than a year, the outbreak has killed:

• Four times as many Americans as have died in the decade-long Vietnam War.
• Twice as many Americans as were killed over two years in World War I.
• Nearly two thirds as many Americans as have died during four years of fighting in World War II.
• More than one-third of an estimated 675,000 Americans who died in the 1918-19 flu pandemic, which was the worst in modern history.