[CheshireTheCat]

“Last week, the U.S. surpassed 700,000 Covid-19 deaths, more than any other country, and 25,000 more than were killed by the Spanish flu of 1918, making Covid-19 the deadliest pandemic in American history. But there are signs of a reprieve.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2021/10/06/us-covid-19-deaths-for-2021-surpass-toll-from-2020/?sh=5476e59f6cc2
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The psychic in me predicts this will talking point emailed to the networks in 3.5 hours.

[grey_whiskers]

“Last week, the U.S. surpassed 700,000 Covid-19 deaths, more than any other country, and 25,000 more than were killed by the Spanish flu of 1918, making Covid-19 the deadliest pandemic in American history. But there are signs of a reprieve.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/covid-delta-surge/?id=80391228&cid=social_twitter_abcn#80432735

Oct 06, 9:24 am More Americans died of COVID this year than all of 2020 More Americans have died from COVID-19 this year than from the virus in all of 2020, according to newly updated data from Johns Hopkins University.

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More than 353,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported since Jan. 1, compared with 352,000 COVID-19 deaths in the first 10 months of the pandemic.

Over the last month, the U.S. has reported more than 47,000 deaths.

Oh, and as for the economic recovery:

U.S. employers unexpectedly hired at a slower pace in September than in August. The Labor Department released its September jobs report Friday morning. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Change in non-farm payrolls, September: +194,000 vs. +500,000 expected and a revised +366,000 in August

Source:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/september-jobs-report-labor-department-hiring-covid-2021-191337923.html