This sobering number represents more deaths than any other nation.
The United States passed another grim Covid-19 milestone Monday, as more than 800,000 Americans have now died from the virus that’s plagued the country for nearly two years.
There have been at least 800,156 confirmed deaths traced to the coronavirus, according to a rolling tally by NBC News.
That’s more than in any other nation, and more than the population of Boston, Washington, D.C., or Seattle.
The Delta variant of Covid 19 is raging, causing many states and the CDC to reinstate mask and mandatory vaccination. But in St Luis county MO., a recent vote to end the mask mandate was met with cheers and happiness, because… people should be free to die and infect others with Covid.
Tucker Carlson from Fox News makes his money by preaching lies and misinformation to his faithful followers. This man in Montana has had enough and confronted Carlson about his lies about the Covid vaccine.
“You are the worst human being known to man. I want you to know that… What you have done to this state, to the United States… What you’ve done to people’s families…”
In an interview on Fox News today, Dr Fauci warns that based on what’s happening in Europe, another Covid surge could come to America. And he wants Trump to step up and allow his Republicans to get vaccinated.
Asked by Chris Wallace what could be done to combat vaccine skepticism in the U.S., particularly among Republicans, Fauci urged Trump to tell his supporters to get vaccinated.
“It would be very helpful for the effort for that to happen. I’m very surprised by the number of Republicans who say they won’t get vaccinated,” he said.
“I think it would make all the difference in the world” if Trump were to express support for vaccines, Fauci said. “He’s a widely popular person among Republicans.”
“I just don’t get it, Chris, why they don’t want to get vaccinated,” he added.
Our apologies for the four year descent into the Emergency Broadcast System.
Every president has an opportunity to be great. Donald Trump had that opportunity, and he did change our political culture for good and (mostly) for ill. but instead of trying to unify the country around an issue that both Republicans and Democrats could enthusiastically agree, such as rebuilding our infrastructure, he went straight for the Muslim ban, building the wall, and repealing Obamacare. His response to Covid was to hope it went away. And then there were all of those tweets. He also wallowed, and continues to wallow, in baseless conspiracy theories.
History does not treat wallowers kindly. Especially those wallowers who incite insurrections.
He’s ended his tenure with a graceless exit, refusing both to acknowledge his defeat and the importance of the traditional passing of power from one administration to the next.
History similarly does not look kindly on unacknowledgers. See Adams, John; Adams, John Quincy and Johnson, Andrew. Add in two impeachments. Stir.
Joe Biden can also be a great president, and he’s set an ambitious agenda to tackle not just Covid, but immigration, the climate, economic opportunity, paid family leave, and social justice. He will have a slim majority in Congress, and the hope is that a couple of Republicans will vote for bills that will move the country forward. There is much he can do with executive orders, but especially with immigration and climate, it would be best to pass some legislation. We’ll see if that happens.
My hope is that enough Americans see the insurrection of January 6 as a turning point in American history that ends some of the animosity we’ve built up over the years. Many Republicans are not in the mood to compromise. This will not be easy, but it will be necessary.
Biden will at least speak the words of unity and patriotism, but it’s up to all of us as Americans to welcome them in the national interest. I understand that Democrats did not do this in 2017, and my expectations are such that I don’t see Republicans doing it willingly in 2021. Time, though, has a habit of chipping away at the jagged stone of obstruction until it becomes, if not smooth, at least less perilous. Donald Trump did not try to unify the country, nor did he speak words that soothed or tempered the emotions of the moment. Joe Biden will do that. And words have meanings.
As always, I remain optimistic that we will become a more inclusive, more united, more compassionate country than we’ve been recently and that we will work to right the wrongs we’ve inflicted upon ourselves and others.
Godspeed to President Biden and all who serve this nation.
Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) has died from the coronavirus, multiple sources confirmed Tuesday evening. He was 41.
Letlow, who announced on Dec. 18 that he tested positive for Covid-19, had been in the intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport.
“The family appreciates the numerous prayers and support over the past days but asks for privacy during this difficult and unexpected time,” the family said in a statement that was first reported by the Monroe News-Star. “A statement from the family along with funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time.”
Letlow, who served as chief of staff to former Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.) before being elected to fill that seat, was supposed to be sworn into Congress on Sunday.
Rest in peace Charley.
Charley Pride, a son of sharecroppers who rose to become country music’s first Black superstar with hits including “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” and “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone,” died on Saturday in hospice care in Dallas. He was 86.
Jeremy Westby, a publicist for Mr. Pride, said the cause was complications of Covid-19.
Rest in Peace Tommy.
Tommy “Tiny” Lister, best known for his roles in The Dark Knight and the Friday film series, has died at the age of 62.
While he had not tested positive for the novel coronavirus prior to his death, Lister died on Thursday after exhibiting “COVID symptoms” for a week, his manager Cindy Cowan tells PEOPLE.
We’re one step closer.
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine passed a critical milestone on Thursday when a panel of experts formally recommended that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the vaccine. The agency is likely to do so within days, giving health care workers and nursing home residents first priority to begin receiving the first shots early next week.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
President Donald Trump said his attorney Rudy Giuliani, who has been leading efforts to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 general election, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Trump wished the 76-year-old former New York mayor well in a tweet on Sunday, saying “we will carry on!!!”
.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2020
(CNN) More than 2,100 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the US on Tuesday — making it the highest single day death toll the country has seen since early May.
The most deaths in a single day were recorded April 15 — 2,603 people.
When cases and hospitalizations began to surge weeks ago, officials predicted deaths would soon follow. Daily cases haven’t dipped below 100,000 in three weeks. And for the 15th consecutive day, the US beat its own hospitalization record, with now more than 88,000 Covid-19 patients nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
During an interview on Fox, CDC Director, Robert Redfield explained that Americans will begin seeing a rollout of a Coronavirus vaccine around the second week in December.
“I think it’s really important. First, it’s, you know, exceptional that we have these vaccines. And it’s very exciting. And, again, it just reinforces why I want people to be vigilant because we’re turning the corner now. You don’t want to be the last group to end up getting COVID, because the vaccine is going to begin to be rolled out probably by the end of the second week of December,” Redfield said.
The CDC director said that there will be a hierarchy to who will receive the vaccine first based on risk and exposure.
“Initially, in a hierarchical way, nursing home residents and then some combination of health care providers and individuals at high risk for a poor outcome. And those decisions are in the process of being finalized as we speak.”
