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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:48 PM Feb 2022

900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic

Source: NPR

The U.S. has crossed yet another tragic landmark in the ongoing battle against COVID-19. On Friday, the country surpassed 900,000 deaths from the disease, two years after the first COVID-19 cluster was reported in Wuhan, China. Public health experts say coming close to the 1 million death mark from the virus is "inevitable."

"It's absolutely staggering," said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, which has tracked the number of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic. "It's unreal, frankly. And what makes it an even ... greater heartbreak — as if the loss of 900,000 souls weren't enough of a heartbreak — is the fact that it's probably an undercount of the number of people that we've lost."

University of Texas at Austin professor and epidemiologist Lauren Ancel Meyers said the "horrible milestone" didn't have to happen. "It was not inevitable. There are things that we could have done and should have done ... to protect those who were most vulnerable." she said. "It's a very sad day."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2022/02/04/1078100069/covid19-deaths-us




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900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP
it's amazing to think that essentially a million Americans vanished thanks to tfg cadoman Feb 2022 #1
I have 2 relatives in those statistics. wnylib Feb 2022 #17
The republican party is the pro pandemic party. This is all on TFG, Fox News, and people like ... Botany Feb 2022 #2
Fully vaccinated Fox News hosts promote misinformation to their viewers IronLionZion Feb 2022 #4
My next door neighbor has a good friend who is an oncology surgeon and he has had a lot of his ... Botany Feb 2022 #5
Unfortunately way too many are still unvaccinated IronLionZion Feb 2022 #3
We will be Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #6
Ridiculous statement brooklynite Feb 2022 #7
it could make a difference in some swing districts/states IronLionZion Feb 2022 #19
So a million by Easter? tclambert Feb 2022 #8
If the official count is 900K, I'm sure the actual count is easily already over 1 million. tanyev Feb 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2022 #29
Maybe looking at the excess deaths over the prior year? mahina Feb 2022 #35
45 knew and lied for the rest of his term and continues today. Got vaxxed privately though..n/t Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #9
We could have wiped out COVID.... SergeStorms Feb 2022 #11
Many Republicans are wiping themselves out IronLionZion Feb 2022 #12
It's never enough. SergeStorms Feb 2022 #15
more than likely the real count is well past one million Skittles Feb 2022 #13
Yes, I wonder what the real number is. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #14
Surprising. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #16
.... Skittles Feb 2022 #30
Probably higher than a million deaths right now. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #31
I'm amazed how many people I know personally Emile Feb 2022 #18
"It was not inevitable. There are things that we could have done and should have done ... to protect Blues Heron Feb 2022 #20
By contrast, the 1918-1920 flu epidemic wnylib Feb 2022 #21
Back then we had less than a third of our current population though. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #28
This mass dying event has huge social, economic and cultural implications that simply aren't being WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #22
My parents were born in 1917 and 1919. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #24
Another commercial that writes itself if Trump runs again.... Bengus81 Feb 2022 #23
Kick love_katz Feb 2022 #25
I feel bad ONLY for the innocent and those who died before a vaccine was available. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #26
Horrible milestones ... BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #27
Let us NEVER oret that the F'n,, murdering orange TRAITOR** told woodward niyad Feb 2022 #32
Rt TY.. & That's REALITY! Cha Feb 2022 #33
"... Unvaccinated individuals are 97 times more likely to die ...." L. Coyote Feb 2022 #34
Politics, religion and science don't mix well. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #36

cadoman

(792 posts)
1. it's amazing to think that essentially a million Americans vanished thanks to tfg
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:54 PM
Feb 2022

All because he was so selfish and unwilling to listen to Dr. Fauci or any other scientist who could have guided us out of this.

One million people. Think about that. It's as if the state of Delaware or Montana just vanished with a snap of his pudgy little fingers. A million people dead from COVID and selfishness, who should be with us here today. A terrorist attack more deadly than a hundred 9/11s.



Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. The republican party is the pro pandemic party. This is all on TFG, Fox News, and people like ...
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 08:57 PM
Feb 2022

.. DeSantis, Abbott, and Noem. They have knowingly spread the disease for Machevallian political purposes.

May 2018 The Trump Administration disbands the White House pandemic response team.

July 2019 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) epidemiologist embedded in China’s disease control agency left the post, and the Trump Administration eliminated the role.

https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/blog-posts/timeline-trumps-coronavirus-responses

Jan. 22, 2020 “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

Jan. 24, 2020 Trump praises China’s handling of the coronavirus: “China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!”

Jan. 28, 2020 “This will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency...This is going to be the roughest thing you face" Trump’s National Security Advisor to Trump


Feb. 2, 2020 “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
4. Fully vaccinated Fox News hosts promote misinformation to their viewers
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:04 PM
Feb 2022

who are apparently dying to own the libs

Botany

(70,291 posts)
5. My next door neighbor has a good friend who is an oncology surgeon and he has had a lot of his ...
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:12 PM
Feb 2022

... surgeries postponed because his hospital is filled up with un-vaccinated C-19 cases.


These idiots instead of listening to experts like Fauci or Walensky are getting their medical
advice from Russia via Facebook.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
3. Unfortunately way too many are still unvaccinated
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:02 PM
Feb 2022

so we are likely to cross a million deaths soon. Good that Dems are mostly vaccinated.

 

Busterscruggs

(448 posts)
6. We will be
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:17 PM
Feb 2022

The last ones standing. With that obstruction of the population gone, maybe we can finally get some of our progressive plans moving.

brooklynite

(93,850 posts)
7. Ridiculous statement
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 09:31 PM
Feb 2022

As big as the absolute number is, its a marginal share of actual voters. Conservative will still be around in abundance.

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
19. it could make a difference in some swing districts/states
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 10:13 AM
Feb 2022

where they've already lost more people than the margin of victory in recent elections.

Response to tanyev (Reply #10)

SergeStorms

(18,885 posts)
11. We could have wiped out COVID....
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:02 AM
Feb 2022

by last September if everyone had a sense of community and civic responsibility .

I shouldn't say "everyone", what on meant to say was FUCKING REPUBLICANS!

My bad.

SergeStorms

(18,885 posts)
15. It's never enough.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:30 AM
Feb 2022

They breed republicans by the score on special farms in Texas. They lobotmize them at age 2, and from that point on they're raised like longhorn steers.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,145 posts)
22. This mass dying event has huge social, economic and cultural implications that simply aren't being
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:05 PM
Feb 2022

addressed, and we'll be paying for it for decades.

twodogsbarking

(9,298 posts)
24. My parents were born in 1917 and 1919.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:23 PM
Feb 2022

The didn't remember the flu but they knew about it from the older generation that did.
They would reference it at times. You are spot on.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
23. Another commercial that writes itself if Trump runs again....
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 12:09 PM
Feb 2022

They can start with the late Feb 2020 at one of his NAZI rally's and....Covid,it's all a Democrat HOAX. Then on to a few weeks later when trump was spewing on the WH driveway about there being 24 Covid cases in the US and all most all of them have recovered so it's not that big of a deal.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
26. I feel bad ONLY for the innocent and those who died before a vaccine was available.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 04:17 PM
Feb 2022

Everyone else chose to commit suicide by Covid ... bye!

niyad

(112,432 posts)
32. Let us NEVER oret that the F'n,, murdering orange TRAITOR** told woodward
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 01:12 AM
Feb 2022

ON TAPE the first week of Feb 2020 that he KNEW that a pandemic was about to hit us, but he wanted to be upbeat, so he lied. And lied. And lied. One million cases of "negligent homicide"?

Aussie105

(5,211 posts)
36. Politics, religion and science don't mix well.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 06:49 PM
Feb 2022

Somehow, the science of vaccinations was twisted and hampered by both politics and religion.

Result?

America has a higher COVID death toll than any other country. And it's climbing.

Not good for a (supposedly) first world, advanced country. And that makes me think . . . .

Today, the USA tops the list of deaths, 925,832.
Second is Brazil, with 632,193.
Third is India, 502,905

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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