The number of deaths from COVID-19 was 61,000, as of Thursday morning.
58,000 people lost their lives serving in the Vietnam War.
Slight chance highs: around covid more americans have now died from coronavirus than were killed during the vietnam war.
Kimt news three's calyn thompson spoke with a vietnam veteran to see what he thinks of the comparison.xxx david rude is the quarter master at ??w post 1?15 in rochester... and a vietnam veteran.
Beyond the number of deaths, he doesn't see much a worldwide pandemic has in common with the war in southeast asia.
They're both tragic and you can't discount any of them.
I just don't equate the two as the same.
Calyn: in this battle against the coronavirus, places like mayo clinic are often referred to as the front lines.
It's not the front lines veterans are used to?
But still one requiring courage.
All of the essential workers are working knowing they are going to be exposed to the virus.
I have no problem whatsoever calling them heroes, a little bit different context than a war veteran, but heroes just the same.
In rochester, calyn thompson, kimt news 3./// as of this morning about 6?thousand people died from covi?19 in the ?s.
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Thousand americans
COVID-19 cases in the US pass the one million mark and more Americans have lost their lives to the disease than died during the..