Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-11 17:16:06 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F829060B6A60770CF234412E5A1AC5D1AE0EC5DDF0819B75040569CE6D44A05C
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The statistic is incorrect, it conflates war and policy caused deaths (e.g. Mao's Great Leap forward and the collapse of flood defences by Chinese forces to stop Japanese troops in the 1930s) with climate related ones in pre 1980s data. Details and sources here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKL8Ajefj7Y
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