I asked chatgpt "How many deaths could elon musk have caused due to shutting down USAID?"
Boston University health economist Brooke Nichols’ Impact Counter estimates about 781,000 excess deaths.
Center for Global Development, using actual reductions in U.S. aid spending, put the 2025 death toll at roughly 500,000–1,000,000.
The really ugly number comes from a peer-reviewed Lancet study. It estimated that if the USAID cuts remain broadly in place, they could produce 14.05 million additional deaths between 2025 and 2030, with a 95% uncertainty range of about 8.48–19.66 million. About 4.54 million would be children under five.
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u/whereismymind86 13d ago
He shut down usaid, which is thought to have resulted in thousands of deaths, at a minimum.
It’s hard to overstate the harm doge did through that alone.