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2023-06-19 16:41:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 598B13D4E1D0AF22712094582AD148B35006364AE4EC705722F9A1428CD77F79
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The numbers are wrong by hundreds times. United States' military aid to Ukraine is close to 50 billions, far less than the stated number. Covid projected costs are 14 trillions in total (so counting healthcare e.g.) and would've been higher without the brief lockdowns https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/article/covid-19s-total-cost-to-the-economy-in-us-will-reach-14-trillion-by-end-of-2023-new-research/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_local_government_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic
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