Posted on 05/23/2020 8:28:48 PM PDT by EdnaMode
As the US approaches the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, the New York Times has filled the entire front page of Sundays paper with the death notices of victims from across the country.
In a decision the paper said was intended to convey the vastness and variety of the tragedy, the front page is a simple list of names and personal details taken from obituaries around the US.
The headline is US deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss, with a sub-heading that reads: They were not simply names on a list. They were us.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
They are desperate to resucitate the dying panic.
Next, do the Hong Kong flu. As many perished then, but the population was about half of today’s population.
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