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February 23, 2021

US deaths at brink of 500K, confirming virus's tragic reach

  • Experts warn that over 100,000 more deaths are likely in the next few months, despite a massive campaign to vaccinate people.
    • By ADAM GELLER
    Associated Press

    For weeks after Cindy Pollock began planting tiny flags across her yard — one for each of the more than 1,800 Idahoans killed by COVID-19 — the toll was mostly a number. Until two women she had never met rang her doorbell in tears, seeking a place to mourn the husband and father they had just lost.

    Then Pollock knew her tribute, however heartfelt, would never begin to convey the grief of a pandemic that has now claimed nearly 500,000 lives in the U.S. and counting.


     
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