"the danger that about 20 million people in four countries will suffer famine in the coming months, and that hundreds of thousands of children will starve to death."
It does qualify as clickbait given that it being billed as "the worst" over a period that includes the great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961. Estimates of how many died are in the range 15-45 million. In other words more DIED in that famine than are likely to be HUNGRY in this one.
The projected death toll is also below what actually happened to Cambodia in the late 1970s, in Rwanda in the 1994 genocide, during the second Congo War from 1998-2004, etc.
This is really, really terrible. You can say that without having amnesia about how many other really, really terrible things have happened.
Great examples. I was completely ignorant of the great Chinese famine, and didn't realize how high the death tolls of the other events you mentioned were. Thanks for educating me.
The projected death toll is also below what actually happened to Cambodia in the late 1970s, in Rwanda in the 1994 genocide, during the second Congo War from 1998-2004, etc.
This is really, really terrible. You can say that without having amnesia about how many other really, really terrible things have happened.