Sunday, February 21, 2021

Via NPR // 500,000

 

by Jill Hudson

Chris Duncan, whose 75-year-old mother Constance died from COVID-19 on her birthday, photographs a COVID-19 Memorial Project installation of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic on Sept. 22, 2020 in Washington, D.C. The U.S. will likely cross the mark of half a million lives lost to COVID-19 in the coming days.
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The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is on track to pass a number next week that once seemed unthinkable: Half a million people in this country dead from the coronavirus. Losing half a million lives to this disease was unimaginable when the first few people died of COVID-19 in the U.S last February. 

After nearly a year, it's easy to forget how suddenly the pandemic upended our lives. NPR would love to see your photos. Click here to send your images and tell us your story.

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