More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States.
It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy one still unfolding in every corner of the country that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics. The numbers do not reflect that these were people, said Brian Walter, of New York City, whose 80-year-old father, John, died from COVID-19. Everyone lost was a father or a mother, they had kids, they had family, they left people behind.
There is no analogue in recent U.S history to the
scale of death brought on by the coronavirus, which now runs unchecked in countless towns, cities and states.
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December 14, 2020, 5:35 PM
White flags planted by volunteers visualize lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19 as part of an installation by artist Suzanne Firstenberg in D.C. The death toll has now reached 300,000.
More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.
It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy one still unfolding in every corner of the country that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics.
Image credit: Roberto Schmidt
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More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States.
It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy one still unfolding in every corner of the country that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics.
“The numbers do not reflect that these were people,” says Brian Walter, whose 80-year-old father, John, died from COVID-19. “Everyone lost was a father or a mother, they had kids, they had family, they left people behind.”
How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost?
By Will Stone
December 14, 2020
More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States.
It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy one still unfolding in every corner of the country that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics.
“The numbers do not reflect that these were people,” says Brian Walter, whose 80-year-old father, John, died from COVID-19. “Everyone lost was a father or a mother, they had kids, they had family, they left people behind.”
There is no analogue in recent U.S history to the scale of death brought on by the coronavirus, which now runs unchecked in countless towns, cities and states.
How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost?
Monday, December 14, 2020
White flags planted by volunteers visualize lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19 as part of an installation by artist Suzanne Firstenberg in Washington, D.C. The death toll has now reached 300,000.
Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images
More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States.
It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy one still unfolding in every corner of the country that leaves in its wake an expanse of grief that cannot be captured in a string of statistics. The numbers do not reflect that these were people, says Brian Walter, whose 80-year-old father, John, died from COVID-19. Everyone lost was a father or a mother, they had kids, they had family, they left people behind.