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(15,265 posts)neighbors who implemented stricter stay at home and social distancing.
Quixote1818
(28,918 posts)However, with Trump as President encouraging everyone to rebel against the social distancing, we may see 2 million dead before this is done.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)tclambert
(11,084 posts)Yeah, I asked the internet and wikipedia and the answer came back that around 660,000 Americans have died in combat.
Ford_Prefect
(7,868 posts)injuries, lingering effects of PTSD, suicide, drug and alcohol addiction, Agent Orange and other toxic exposure. Millions died in WWII who were not in combat. Familes, towns, ethnic communities, and many more were erased as collateral damage.
There will yet be more damage counted in lives lost, families and communities altered or erased before this is over. And, at least according to some experts, it may go on for a longer time than the purported 18 months to generate a working anti-virus or a cure. This is to say nothing of lingering effects of compromised health and health care systems, disrupted food chains, lives and careers forever altered or ended.
homegirl
(1,427 posts)because Trump/GOP delayed inadequate action for two months. Opening retail, sports, schools and public places too early will feed this epidemic through the Summer, Autumn and by November it will be changing everything about our way of life.
The survivors may have access to a vaccine by December 2021, with luck! Herd immunity starts January 1, 2022!
Ford_Prefect
(7,868 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)Does not work you can get sick again Dump screwed us
We need testing attacking
Time to get to work not open up