They didn't all have to die -- a moment of reflection as US Covid deaths reach 100,00

[signalmankenneth]

If Trump was a real president/leader, he would have acted early on in the corona virus crisis?!! Oh yeah, he said it was a hoax then, and played and held rallies?!!

(CNN)The first tragedy of America's bleak coronavirus milestone is that 100,000 people didn't have to die. The second is that no one knows how many more will perish before the pandemic fades.

The desperate toll passed into six figures on Wednesday afternoon: 100,000 victims, who were living Americans several months ago, when the viciously infectious virus made landfall. The landmark is a story of lost mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, spouses and even children. Families are shattered, and the dying expire alone. They can't even be mourned owing to social distancing — one of Covid-19's cruelest impositions.

The 100,000 include Americans like 44-year-old Martin Addison, of New Jersey, the type of dad who'd do Donald Duck impressions to delight his infant son. Geraldine Slaughter of Detroit, who was in her eighties, died from Covid-19 within days of her two sisters.

The virus has been disproportionately infecting communities of color. Black Americans represent 13.4% of the American population, according to the US Census Bureau, but counties with higher black populations accounted for more than half of all Covid-19 cases and almost 60% of deaths as of mid-April, a study by epidemiologists and clinicians found. The virus has also exploited monetary divides, as infections at meat-packing plants show, while many white-collar workers work from home.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/polit...ion/index.html

[BartenderElite]

And now he has invented mask shaming.

And it's becoming more clear every day that masks are WORKING. He's not just abandoning his leadership post by mocking them - he's endangering lives.