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Dec. 18, 2020
So far this year, more than 1.6 million deaths worldwide have been attributed to the pandemic, but it’s likely millions more will die from exposure to diseases carried by human waste -- diseases that don’t make the headlines.
“”2.2 million people worldwide will die this year from diarrhea alone -- nearly double the number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far.
- UNICEF
As millions across the developing world relieve themselves in the open, raw sewage spawns a multitude of deadly diseases. Excrement attrac…