200,000 People Are Dead — Voters Need to Remember That
The problem isn’t being surprised by Trump’s callousness — it’s allowing him to numb you to the point that we mirror his behavior
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Last week, the United States met a historical moment with a collective shrug — as clear a signal as any the national nightmare that has made us the pity of the world will only grow deadlier in the months ahead.
According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. officially crossed 200,000 Covid-19 deaths. That figure — most likely a significant undercount — and the 6.8 million confirmed infections reaffirm how poorly America has failed to protect its population. In just six months, more Americans have died from the coronavirus than those that were killed in World War I, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War combined. …
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