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The fact is as difficult to fathom as it is necessary to absorb: 500,000 American lives have been lost to a virus that was only named one year ago. That’s more than the U.S. death toll in the Second World War; nearly twice as many people as died of AIDS from 1987 through 1995. And it’s more than a fifth of all COVID-19 deaths globally.
It's been nearly a year since the US recorded its first known Covid death, at a long-term care facility in Washington state. In hindsight, we'd learn there had been Covid deaths here earlier in February and that the pandemic was already seeping through the population by the time we began taking drastic measures to slow it.
A Loss To The Whole Society : U S COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 500,000 kclu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kclu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.