The COVID outbreak in the United States, which began under Donald Trump, is about to hit a horrific record.
“What is clear is that the sheer numbers, given the modern-day tools that combat such illnesses, are a heavy burden. Covid-related US deaths as of Sunday night were at 673,763, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
That’s just over 1,200 fewer that died in the 1918 Spanish flu, which took an estimated 675,000 lives in the US. Before this, that flu pandemic was the most lethal since the United States was formed. With an 1,800-per-day death average, the number who’ve died of Covid-19 could surpass the previous scourge by Monday or Tuesday.” [READ MORE]
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