In 2020 at least 345,737 Americans died of COVID.
This thread is meant to be a memorial honoring their memory.
Because our government under the leadership of Emperor Covidicus can't be bothered to care about us.
So we've got to care about each other. 1/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/300000-americans-died-covid-facts-figures
This thread is meant to be a memorial honoring their memory.
Because our government under the leadership of Emperor Covidicus can't be bothered to care about us.
So we've got to care about each other. 1/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/300000-americans-died-covid-facts-figures
So many healthcare workers put everything on the line, and many were sickened or even killed by COVID, trying to save so many sickened Americans. 
We owe all of them, living and dead, an eternal debt of gratitude for all that they have done for us.
2/ https://www.dailynews.com/2020/12/28/as-the-terror-of-covid-struck-health-care-workers-struggled-to-survive-thousands-lost-the-fight/

We owe all of them, living and dead, an eternal debt of gratitude for all that they have done for us.
2/ https://www.dailynews.com/2020/12/28/as-the-terror-of-covid-struck-health-care-workers-struggled-to-survive-thousands-lost-the-fight/
We can't forget about the heartbreaking passing of Dr. Susan Moore, who died of complications from COVID after decrying the racist treatment she felt she experienced when doctors didn't take her symptoms seriously.
We're so sorry, Dr. Moore.
3/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-black-doctor-died-of-covid-19-weeks-after-accusing-hospital-staff-of-racist-treatment/ar-BB1cdIZ1
We're so sorry, Dr. Moore.

3/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-black-doctor-died-of-covid-19-weeks-after-accusing-hospital-staff-of-racist-treatment/ar-BB1cdIZ1
We mourn the hardworking people that take enormous risks on the frontlines of our society every day, as so many perished during 2020 from COVID just trying to make ends meet. 
Those that are with us still we owe a debt of gratitude to as well.
4/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bidens-honor-frontline-workers-in-nye-address-we-owe-them-we-owe-them-we-owe-them/ar-BB1coaff

Those that are with us still we owe a debt of gratitude to as well.
4/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bidens-honor-frontline-workers-in-nye-address-we-owe-them-we-owe-them-we-owe-them/ar-BB1coaff
COVID hit the Navajo Nation particularly hard, in part exposing the amount of institutionalized racism that impacts Native Americans in the US.
We mourn the loss of so many who died from a pandemic that never should have been this out of control.
5/ https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/12/25/go-there-native-americans-navajo-nation-coronavirus.cnn
We mourn the loss of so many who died from a pandemic that never should have been this out of control.
5/ https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/12/25/go-there-native-americans-navajo-nation-coronavirus.cnn
We mourn the loss of grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles and aunts, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and sadly even sons and daughters.
We mourn for lost friends and colleagues.
We mourn for neighbors and community members.
We mourn for so many whom we've lost.
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We mourn for lost friends and colleagues.
We mourn for neighbors and community members.
We mourn for so many whom we've lost.
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We must never forget how we got here, why this was allowed to happen through malice and neglect, and that we cannot let a repeat of this pandemic occur the next time there's a new dangerous virus or bacteria spreading. We must because we owe it to all those that we've lost.
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