[W:611]Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

[Spunkylama]

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

www.nbcnews.com

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.


"Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husband, Juan Ordonez, died in April 2020 at age 40, five days before their daughter Mia's fifth birthday. "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart."

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

"This is their new hoax," Trump said of Democrats in front of a cheering crowd at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 28, 2020. "So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus."

A day later, health officials in Washington made the inevitable announcement: a coronavirus patient in their state had died.

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[Mycroft]

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

www.nbcnews.com

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.


"Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husband, Juan Ordonez, died in April 2020 at age 40, five days before their daughter Mia's fifth birthday. "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart."

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

"This is their new hoax," Trump said of Democrats in front of a cheering crowd at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 28, 2020. "So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus."

A day later, health officials in Washington made the inevitable announcement: a coronavirus patient in their state had died.

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More than half that number is under Biden's watch. Didn't he say he was going to end COVID?

Yeah...Biden says a lot of stuff. It's all bullshit.

 

[JMB802]

More than half that number is under Biden's watch. Didn't he say he was going to end COVID?

Yeah...Biden says a lot of stuff. It's all bullshit.

Name three things that Biden could have said or done to convince the states and citizens who oppose him to follow the CDC vaccine and mask advice.

 

[Captain Adverse]

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

www.nbcnews.com

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.


"Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husband, Juan Ordonez, died in April 2020 at age 40, five days before their daughter Mia's fifth birthday. "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart."

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

"This is their new hoax," Trump said of Democrats in front of a cheering crowd at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 28, 2020. "So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus."

A day later, health officials in Washington made the inevitable announcement: a coronavirus patient in their state had died.

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Forgive me for pointing this out, as you are relatively new.

But the numbers of deaths has been raised, and discussed, and evaluated regularly in this Forum. There are a multitude of threads on the topic.

Now "1 million deaths" sounds scary-scary, but it remains about 1 out of every 345 people.

Thats 0.0029%. It still remains mostly people who are over 60, or are Obese, both groups also having several pre-exiting illnesses and a breathing disorder.

No one has ever argued that those most at risk should not be taking every precaution, and those who work with those groups should be especially careful.

Meanwhile, fearmongering isn't going to stampede those of us who understand the realities of this situation.

 

[Mycroft]

Name three things that Biden could have said or done to convince the states and citizens who oppose him to follow the CDC vaccine and mask advice.

It's not up to me to tell Biden what to do. HE is the one who said what he was going to do...and he didn't.

 

[JMB802]

It's not up to me to tell Biden what to do. HE is the one who said what he was going to do...and he didn't.

And it's Biden's fault that the "you're not the boss of me" states and citizens would rather cut off their noses to spite their faces than follow CDC guidelines?

FRW conservatives are like a bunch of toddlers. They don't follow directions, get in trouble, and then try to point a finger at the person who tried to help them.

 

[Mycroft]

And it's Biden's fault that the "you're not the boss of me" states and citizens would rather cut off their noses to spite their faces than follow CDC guidelines?

FRW conservatives are like a bunch of toddlers. They don't follow directions, get in trouble, and then try to point a finger at the person who tried to help them.

Not everyone who has died is a conservative.

You are spouting the nonsense you get from the Trump haters who now have to explain why Biden has been worse than Trump regarding COVID. You are wasting my time.

You are dismissed.

 

[CaughtInThe]

And none of those people had kids. Or grandkids.

 

[JMB802]

Not everyone who has died is a conservative.

Thanks for demonstrating your complete lack of understanding about the issue.

You are spouting the nonsense you get from the Trump haters who now have to explain why Biden has been worse than Trump regarding COVID. You are wasting my time.

Conservative states and voters fought Biden tooth and nail about vaccine and mask requirements is not nonsense, it's a fact.

You are dismissed.

You wish

 

[Spunkylama]

Forgive me for pointing this out, as you are relatively new.

But the numbers of deaths has been raised, and discussed, and evaluated regularly in this Forum. There are a multitude of threads on the topic.

Now "1 million deaths" sounds scary-scary, but it remains about 1 out of every 345 people.

Thats 0.0029%. It still remains mostly people who are over 60, or are Obese, both groups also having several pre-exiting illnesses and a breathing disorder.

No one has ever argued that those most at risk should not be taking every precaution, and those who work with those groups should be especially careful.

Meanwhile, fearmongering isn't going to stampede those of us who understand the realities of this situation.

Okay? It's news released today. Do with it what you will.

 

[devildavid]

Forgive me for pointing this out, as you are relatively new.

But the numbers of deaths has been raised, and discussed, and evaluated regularly in this Forum. There are a multitude of threads on the topic.

Now "1 million deaths" sounds scary-scary, but it remains about 1 out of every 345 people.

Thats 0.0029%. It still remains mostly people who are over 60, or are Obese, both groups also having several pre-exiting illnesses and a breathing disorder.

No one has ever argued that those most at risk should not be taking every precaution, and those who work with those groups should be especially careful.

Meanwhile, fearmongering isn't going to stampede those of us who understand the realities of this situation.

No one is fearmongering. If you aren't afraid, you are ignoring reality. But I guess in your compassionate view the only ones who die either had it coming or are expendable. It is kind of hard to protect the vulnerable when others don't take precautions and allow it to spread. Should we put them all the vulnerable in special camps until it blows over? How exactly can they isolate themselves when they have lives to live, too?

 

[tshade]

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

www.nbcnews.com

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.


"Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husband, Juan Ordonez, died in April 2020 at age 40, five days before their daughter Mia's fifth birthday. "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart."

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

"This is their new hoax," Trump said of Democrats in front of a cheering crowd at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 28, 2020. "So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus."

A day later, health officials in Washington made the inevitable announcement: a coronavirus patient in their state had died.

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I blame GOP misinformation. On another note, the GOP will cause more women to die thanks to the Trump-picked justices on the Supreme Court out-lawing abortion, etc...

 

[Fledermaus]

More than half that number is under Biden's watch. Didn't he say he was going to end COVID?

Yeah...Biden says a lot of stuff. It's all bullshit.

One president did everything he could to stem the tide. And it wasn't Trump.

 

[Fledermaus]

It's not up to me to tell Biden what to do. HE is the one who said what he was going to do...and he didn't.

Since the majority of the deaths were the unvaxxed how is this Biden's fault?

 

[Mycroft]

Since the majority of the deaths were the unvaxxed how is this Biden's fault?

The vaccine hasn't prevented anyone from dying. Hell, it hasn't prevented anyone from GETTING covid. The fact is, it's not really a vaccine.

Your blather about "the unvaxxed" is dishonest nonsense. You need to face the facts: More people have died under Biden's watch than Trump's watch. That is undeniable truth.

Biden failed at his promise to end COVID and more people have died under Biden than who died when there wasn't a vaccine available.

 

[Utility Man]

Gov. Ron DeSantis sells ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ merch

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has released a new line of T-shirts and beer koozies in the leadup to the 2022 gubernatorial race taking aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci.

nypost.com

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Dying to own the libs.

 

[snakestretcher]

More than half that number is under Biden's watch. Didn't he say he was going to end COVID?

Yeah...Biden says a lot of stuff. It's all bullshit.

If they're Biden's 'fault' they are also Trump's fault. Trump, who did all he could to downplay and shrug-off the lethal nature of the disease. "I don't take responsibility at all". Who was it said that of the efforts to contain the virus, remind us? Allow me...

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic

Here is a sampling of what the president has said and when, including that time he said a "miracle" might make the pandemic "disappear."

www.npr.org

All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus

An unfinished compendium of Trump’s overwhelming dishonesty during a national emergency

www.theatlantic.com

"We have it totally under control".

 

[snakestretcher]

The vaccine hasn't prevented anyone from dying. Hell, it hasn't prevented anyone from GETTING covid. The fact is, it's not really a vaccine.

Your blather about "the unvaxxed" is dishonest nonsense. You need to face the facts: More people have died under Biden's watch than Trump's watch. That is undeniable truth.

Biden failed at his promise to end COVID and more people have died under Biden than who died when there wasn't a vaccine available.

"We have it totally under control"

Opinion | As we stare down 100,000 dead, Trump's dark image of 'American carnage' has been realized

More than a million Americans have gotten sick, a hundred thousand are dead and 39 million are unemployed because this president refused to lead.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Mycroft]

If they're Biden's 'fault' they are also Trump's fault. Trump, who did all he could to downplay and shrug-off the lethal nature of the disease. "I don't take responsibility at all". Who was it said that of the efforts to contain the virus, remind us? Allow me...

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic

Here is a sampling of what the president has said and when, including that time he said a "miracle" might make the pandemic "disappear."

www.npr.org

All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus

An unfinished compendium of Trump’s overwhelming dishonesty during a national emergency

www.theatlantic.com

"We have it totally under control".

I'm not interested in your "But...but...TRUMP!!!" attempt to dismiss the actual facts that I presented.

You cannot deny that MORE people have died of COVID under Biden's watch and that Biden has utterly FAILED to end COVID, as he claimed...no, as he "promised"...he would do.

 

[Mycroft]

"We have it totally under control"

Opinion | As we stare down 100,000 dead, Trump's dark image of 'American carnage' has been realized

More than a million Americans have gotten sick, a hundred thousand are dead and 39 million are unemployed because this president refused to lead.

www.nbcnews.com

Oh...I should be impressed by an article that claims it's Trump fault that millions of people are unemployed? You do know that Trump didn't shut down one single business. Trump didn't cause a single person to lose their job.

Sorry, but I'll always reject, out of hand, the mainstream media's attempts to blame Trump for something he's not responsible for. You, on the other hand, are free to be as dishonest as you want to be. Have fun with that.

You are dismissed.

 

[snakestretcher]

Oh...I should be impressed by an article that claims it's Trump fault that millions of people are unemployed? You do know that Trump didn't shut down one single business. Trump didn't cause a single person to lose their job.

Sorry, but I'll always reject, out of hand, the mainstream media's attempts to blame Trump for something he's not responsible for. You, on the other hand, are free to be as dishonest as you want to be. Have fun with that.

You are dismissed.

Is this thread about unemployment? No; try another deflection. Of course you'll reject any criticism of Trump, however justified. He can do no wrong in your eyes. How pathetically dishonest can one person be...

 

[snakestretcher]

I'm not interested in your "But...but...TRUMP!!!" attempt to dismiss the actual facts that I presented.

You cannot deny that MORE people have died of COVID under Biden's watch and that Biden has utterly FAILED to end COVID, as he claimed...no, as he "promised"...he would do.

How is that any more Biden's 'fault' than Trump's, who did all he could to downplay the severity of the disease-for political gain? Has Biden done that; no. Has he cynically lied that the virus would "go away" in a "few weeks". No, that was your pathetically inadequate god, Trump. Your ongoing defence of the liar, thief and fraudster, Trump, is almost laughable, but mostly troubling.
I would love to know what it is that you find so appealing in that loathsome individual.

 

[Mycroft]

Is this thread about unemployment? No; try another deflection. ~snipped the nonsense personal attack~

LOL!!

If you don't want to talk about something, then don't present articles that talk about it.

That said, my point wasn't about unemployment. It was about the lie presented in an article YOU trotted out to justify your dishonesty.

 

[Dayton3]

The vaccine hasn't prevented anyone from dying. Hell, it hasn't prevented anyone from GETTING covid. The fact is, it's not really a vaccine.

Your blather about "the unvaxxed" is dishonest nonsense. You need to face the facts: More people have died under Biden's watch than Trump's watch. That is undeniable truth.

Biden failed at his promise to end COVID and more people have died under Biden than who died when there wasn't a vaccine available.

To be fair very few vaccines are 100% effective aside from a few like the Rabies vaccine. Even the Smallpox vaccine loses its effectiveness after a dozen years or so.

 

[Chainsawmassacre]

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

www.nbcnews.com

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.


"Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husband, Juan Ordonez, died in April 2020 at age 40, five days before their daughter Mia's fifth birthday. "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart."

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

"This is their new hoax," Trump said of Democrats in front of a cheering crowd at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 28, 2020. "So far we have lost nobody to coronavirus."

A day later, health officials in Washington made the inevitable announcement: a coronavirus patient in their state had died.

snip

A million deaths? No Problem. Biden is replacing them with unvaccinated illegals.