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The series has been criticized for over dramatization. Only 28 died and 134 were hospitalized.

That’s impossible. They are not counting the numerous “early” deaths of first responders and thyroid cancers. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/cher...aths-radiation-1415722%3famp=1

Not impossible. 134 hospitalizations and 28 deaths. I was surprised too because I lived through it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster[/quote]

I'm not sure that the number of immediate hospitalizations and deaths is even really the point of the show, as much as the denial of what had occurred and the resulting risk.[/quote]

I was in Ukraine with Peace Corps in the mid-90s.  Although this is anecdotal, I can tell you that I met far more people with thyroid issues and thyroid cancer than I have anywhere else I've ever been.  I know at least 10 people who died of thyroid cancer before they were 35.  All of them had been children when the Chernobyl accident happened.   To a family, they attribute it to radiation exposure from Chernobyl.  I believe them. [/quote]

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