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Lawmakers went home last week without passing a Covid aid package.
No domestic funding, no global funding. Nada.
And since they went home, more than 500 Americans have died from this virus.
Congress' failure to act denies a basic fact: Covid isn't over -- and it won't be until we get people around the world vaccinated.
Maybe lawmakers feel like they can punt on Covid relief because case numbers are on the low side. But those numbers are misleading.
Now that over-the-counter testing kits are readily available, people test positive at home without public health departments ever knowing about it. Those cases never show up in the numbers.
Covid is still infecting, hospitalizing, and killing people all over the world -- and when lawmakers get back to the Hill, they need to know what their top priority should be.
No domestic funding, no global funding. Nada.
And since they went home, more than 500 Americans have died from this virus.
Congress' failure to act denies a basic fact: Covid isn't over -- and it won't be until we get people around the world vaccinated.
Supporter Nicholas N., who lives in Wyoming, spoke for all of us when he wrote in and said: "We share everyone's frustration with COVID. We are equally frustrated by lawmakers who pretend nothing is amiss." |
Maybe lawmakers feel like they can punt on Covid relief because case numbers are on the low side. But those numbers are misleading.
Now that over-the-counter testing kits are readily available, people test positive at home without public health departments ever knowing about it. Those cases never show up in the numbers.
Covid is still infecting, hospitalizing, and killing people all over the world -- and when lawmakers get back to the Hill, they need to know what their top priority should be.