• lemonmelon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      As you say, the response was grossly disproportionate. That said, three thousand would technically meet the criteria for thousands, and doesn’t include the initial survivors who have since developed terminal cancer due to Ground Zero exposure.

      Regardless, though correct, the use of a vague term such as “thousands” is clearly meant to allow the reader to draw erroneous conclusions.