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How do we wrap our minds around the fact that more than half a million people have died of COVID-19 in the United States alone?
The nation just passed that milestone: 500,000 lives lost, in one year. / Sabila Khan
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Shafqat Khan was an organizer in the Pakistani immigrant community in New Jersey. He died of COVID on April 14, 2020. Every day is a milestone for me, says his daughter Sabila Khan.
For the families of those who died of COVID-19, each successive milestone of this pandemic may seem irrelevant to their particular, punishing loss. Every day is a milestone for me, says Sabila Khan. These round numbers don t really mean anything to me. Every day is just as shocking.
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Family members of those who've died from COVID-19 reflect on the milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths, and how their individual loss fits within the magnitude of that number.
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A few of the nearly 500,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. (NPR)
How do we wrap our minds around the fact that nearly half a million people have died of COVID-19 in the United States alone?
The nation is on the cusp of that milestone: 500,000 lives lost, in just one year.
Shafqat Khan was an organizer in the Pakistani immigrant community in New Jersey. He died of COVID on April 14, 2020. “Every day is a milestone for me,” says his daughter Sabila Khan. (Sabila Khan)
For the families of those who died of COVID-19, each successive milestone of this pandemic may seem irrelevant to their particular, punishing loss.
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