Comment by Paul Ingram (paul-ingram) on Why I think nuclear war triggered by Russian tactical nukes in Ukraine is unlikely · 2022-10-12T08:39:00.968Z · LW · GW

You need to be aware of the climate effects of nuclear war. Follow the link Max included in his article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00573-0

This estimates potential global deaths from starvation (and does not include deaths from breakdown of society) of around 5 billion. You can legitimately claim these are overestimates, but to say half the US population would be untouched is dangerous and absurd.