In memory of the 1 million who have died

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Originally Posted by SailinAway

This is a somber moment as the U.S. passes the one million mark of Covid deaths. How I wish we could turn back the clock and make different decisions, individually and as a country. It is estimated that each person who died left behind 9 close family members. Considering that Covid deaths are unerreported, there are possibly something like 20 million Americans who are grieving for someone. A national trauma.

Hind sight is a wonderful thing, we locked down pretty early on in this pandemic, yet a million died, assuming that number is correct.

Not sure what more could have been done with the information at the time here. China understood early on the devastation this illness was causing, welding doors shut to keep people in their homes, yet China chose to keep quiet about it until a brave , now deceased Chinese doctor spilled the beans.

The US president at the time shut down travel from China as soon as it was understood how badly China was affected, only to be accused of racism and hate by the Speaker et al who was looking for political points. The speaker and other dem leaders encouraged people in this country to continue to gather. That was a pretty dumb move.

We learned a lot as this pandemic progressed. Mountains were moved with respirator manufacture, bureaucracy slashed in an effort to develop a vaccine, which was done in record time.

This was/is a devastating virus that killed many, no one asked for this, no one knew what it was in the beginning, and no one in their right minds thinks that every decision made would be a correct one.

Unfortunately, it is what it is. Hopefully we have learned and will handle the next one better. It would be nice to have a thorough debrief and analysis as to what was done correctly and where errors were made. Hopefully that can be done, but I doubt it considering the present political climate.