• jdr@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    The text of the article is what I looked at, where they’re a lot less definite.

    • Sonnenblume@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 hours ago

      The 2202 deaths claim is from this article.

      If you don’t trust that news site, directly in the article to the left of the info box:

      As of 27 February 2017, the Fukushima prefecture government counted 2,129 “disaster-related deaths” in the prefecture.

      That claim is supported by one government report, two scientific papers and one news site.

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        6 hours ago

        And then you have to see what a “disaster-related death” is.

        Certainly you didn’t have thousands of people dying at the site, which is what someone might understand if they had taken your numbers at face value.