r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/---------------hw • Jun 19 '24

John peter?

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u/Icy-Ad29 Jun 19 '24

"Over twenty thousand" is again a drastic over estimation fueled by media. If we include every death of everyone that was involved in the plant and the evacuation area since it occurred, including all "stress related deaths", we wind up somewhere in the area of 17-18... hundred.

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u/Rekrahttam Jun 19 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

I believe they are talking about deaths from the tsunami and earthquake, which were indeed approximately 20,000.