US COVID-19 deaths surpass all war & conflict deaths since Vietnam

As of this writing (4 April 2020), Worldometer is reporting 7,847 deaths in the US from COVID-19.

This exceeds the combined US deaths (7,599) from all US wars & conflicts since the end of the Vietnam War. This includes:

• Iran (1980)

• El Salvador Civil War (1980-1992)

• Beirut deployment (1982-1984)

• Persian Gulf escorts (1987-1988)

• Invasion of Grenada (1983)

• 1986 Bombing of Libya (1986)

• Invasion of Panama (1989)

• Gulf War (1990-1991)

• Operation Provide Comfort (1991-1996)

• Somalia (1992-1993)

• Haiti (1994-1995)

• Colombia (1994-present)

• Bosnia-Herzegovina (1995-2004)

• Kosovo War (1998-1999)

• War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

• Iraq War (2003-2011)

• Intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (2014-present)

• Raid on Yemen (2017)