Numbers continue to climb
Today’s numbers:
· 3144 – the number of people who died yesterday (12/2) of Covid-19 – in the US, a record high;
· 144 – the number of people who died yesterday (12/2) of Covid-19 – in Canada;
· 274,070 – cumulative Covid-19 deaths (US);
· 100,000 – the approximate number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients (US);
· 13,998,857 – cumulative Covid-19 cases (US) thus far;
· 46 – the length in minutes of the video President Trump released where he discussed ONLY his baseless claims about fraud in the recent election (despite losing a case in court for the 39th – of 40 – attempts);
n 46 – that is, the number of consecutive minutes where he failed to mention anything about the unprecedented death — over 30 times the number of lives lost on 9/11 — resulting on his watch from the pandemic.
This simply extends his failure to mention — or, from what I can tell, care – about those who have lost family as a result for his unparalleled failure to act on information we know he knew back in February and March thanks to Bob Woodward.
If we have turned a corner as President Trump said daily up until November 3rd, it is not the corner any of us had in mind.
Wear a mask and, better yet, stay at home if you can.
Paul Mack
Columbus
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