I second Maggie in having known you slightly for years (I'm sure even more slightly--I think we had met in person twice at Philcon before the pandemic), and in thanking you for doing this newsletter.
Did you see the report yesterday that Indian deaths were probably orders of magnitude higher than the government figure, maybe over 4 million just in that nation?
What's also distressing to me is how little the American media seem to care. Millions of brown people in another country died? They seem to say, "Whatever."
I second Maggie in having known you slightly for years (I'm sure even more slightly--I think we had met in person twice at Philcon before the pandemic), and in thanking you for doing this newsletter.
Did you see the report yesterday that Indian deaths were probably orders of magnitude higher than the government figure, maybe over 4 million just in that nation?
Thanks, Carl! And yes, I think you're right about that timing.
I hadn't seen that report. That's depressing. If you link me I could cover it later this week.
I read it in the Washington Post, which is behind a paywall. Here's the BBC's coverage:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57888460
And Business Insider's
https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-true-covid-19-death-toll-2021-7?op=1
What's also distressing to me is how little the American media seem to care. Millions of brown people in another country died? They seem to say, "Whatever."