To the editor: A few years ago I came to understand that my biggest regrets, which always stemmed from hurting people in some way, were the result of my selfishness. I was unaware or, more often, didn’t care that getting my way inflicted pain on family, friends and strangers. Even now the shame lingers. (“‘Aren’t you going to help him?’ L.A. hospitals serving the poor and people of color hit hardest by COVID-19,” Dec. 30)
It makes me wonder how this country will process its shame in the years to come. Will the COVID-19 deniers, the maskless, the people who refused to do anything to keep others safe while hundreds of thousands of Americans died miserably will they regret their selfishness?
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Michael Tonn
More than 1.6 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year; more than 300,000 of them were in the United States, and 100 were in Vermont. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy. It s driving up rates of depression, anxiety and overdose deaths, and causing record numbers of parents, mostly women, to leave the workforce to care for their kids. And the pandemic has isolated us from friends and family when we need them the most.
All of this has been taking place amid a bitter partisan battle for control of the federal government. Consequently, crucial relief measures that thousands of Vermonters rely on are scheduled to expire at the end of this month.