Posted Aug 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTCEExternal LinkHere’s an estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll.A major medical journal publishedThe end of USAID, which Elon Musk fed “into the wood chipper”, will cause an extra 14 million deaths through 2030, including 4.5 million in children under the age of 5. SpaceX shares are $141.10 as of this writing, above their IPO price of $135.Correction: A previous version of this post referred to the journal article’s estimates as “new.” It was published in 2025. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Elizabeth Lopatto
Here’s an estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll.
A major medical journal published The end of USAID, which Elon Musk fed “into the wood chipper”, will cause an extra 14 million deaths through 2030, including 4.5 million in children under the age of 5. SpaceX shares are $141.10 as of this writing, above their IPO price of $135. Correction: A previous version of this post referred to the journal article’s estimates as “new.” It was published in 2025. [Link: Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext | The Lancet]
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