+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
> For example, one of the slides said 16,000 to 17,500 Russian soldiers had been killed while Ukraine had suffered as many as 71,500 troop deaths. The Pentagon and other analysts have estimated that Russia has suffered far more casualties, with closer to 200,000 killed and injured, while Ukraine has had more than 100,000 killed and injured.
this is going to end like the covid and vaccine narrative, isn't it?
@bonifartius All of those numbers *could* be true. First pair you only mention deaths/killed and in the second pair killed+injured.
Not likely all true, but logically possible.
@niclas yeah. it's like the covid number games, vaccinated but not two weeks passed counting as not vaccinated etc.
also this counting the dead and pushing numbers around is fucking bad taste and the covid years made us used to those astronomical numbers of dead people. happens if you get reports every day with numbers of dead, like from a front like. maybe that was another welcome side effect.
except that's precisely what we don't get in the current war, somewhat reliable numbers.
i'm tired and pissed.
Another similarity between the war and the pandemic is that they will do everything they can to keep it going so they can continue to rake in more money.
