Lancet study projects 14 million deaths from USAID funding cuts by 2030
New research forecasts massive mortality toll from defunding, sparking social media outcry comparing the impact to historical genocides.
What to know
- The Lancet published research projecting USAID funding cuts will cause 14 million deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under 5.
- Social media users have shared the study extensively while drawing direct comparisons to major historical genocides and attributing the outcome to Elon Musk.
- Commenters expressed frustration that the magnitude of the projected mortality has not received proportional mainstream news coverage.
The projected death toll represents a crime comparable to historical atrocities and warrants explicit attribution to Elon Musk personally.
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“Musk & the Republican dismantling of USAID is predicted to kill by 2030 twice as many people who died in the Holocaust.”
tnavinash@mastodon.social · Mastodon
The study findings should be receiving far more mainstream media attention given the scale of the projected impact.
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“It should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's # USAID cuts will kill 14 million people.”
skykiss@sfba.social · Mastodon
“In his destruction of USAID, # ElonMusk will personally be responsible for around 14 million deaths, 4 million of those being children under 5.”
Jyoti@mas.to, Mastodon user · Mastodon · Aug 13
Elon Musk Target of commentary on USAID cuts
The Lancet Medical journal publisher
The record 3 articles and posts · last 30 days
What people are saying 6 voices from 1 site · best of 7 · verbatim
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"Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14 051 750 (uncertainty interval 8 475 990–19 662 191) additional all-age deaths, including 4 537 157 (3 124 796–5 910 791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030." Very close to my original estimate comparing three notable mass murderers: Hitler…
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New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped # CrimesAgainstHumanity # Fascism https://www. thelancet.com/journals/lancet/ article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext
- Aug 13
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It should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's # USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped https://www. thelancet.com/article/S0140-67…
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https://www. thelancet.com/journals/lancet/ article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext 14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead
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Elon Musk has murdered at least 14,000,000 people. https://www. thelancet.com/journals/lancet/ article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext
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Musk & the Republican dismantling of USAID is predicted to kill by 2030 twice as many people who died in the Holocaust. https://www. thelancet.com/journals/lancet/ article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext Original post: https:// bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hjpw5 rf7zlgvtks3ssciy263/post/3msucvvau7c2s Crossposted with @ openvibe