Abandon all hope: U.S. COVID death toll surpasses 900,000

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It was only in mid-December that the 800,000 mark was passed, and less than two months later we are at 900,000. To avoid reaching that one million mark would require a miracle, I.e. no more variants emerging, but alas we are all out of luck on that front as BA.2 is coming. I do remember, toward the start of the pandemic, that even some of those who were taking the threat seriously – taking the proper precautions - scoffed at predictions of upwards of 250,000 dead. Now, nearly two years later, we sit at close to four times that number, and it barely seems to phase most anymore. The psychological and societal fallout has been immense in just two years, and we'll be dealing with that fallout for decades to come. America is going to be an extremely dark place to live for decades to come. Abandon all hope; the little Fascists and other assorted misfits all around us destroyed it. From the AP -  

Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. 

The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. 

The milestone comes more than 13 months into a vaccination drive that has been beset by misinformation and political and legal strife, though the shots have proved safe and highly effective at preventing serious illness and death. 

“It is an astronomically high number. If you had told most Americans two years ago as this pandemic was getting going that 900,000 Americans would die over the next few years, I think most people would not have believed it,” said Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. 

He lamented that most of the deaths happened after the vaccine gained authorization. 

“We got the medical science right. We failed on the social science. We failed on how to help people get vaccinated, to combat disinformation, to not politicize this,” Jha said. “Those are the places where we have failed as America.” 

Just 64% of the population is fully vaccinated, or about 212 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Nor is COVID-19 finished with the United States: Jha said the U.S. could reach 1 million deaths by April. (Read more)

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