You're listening to Comedy Central.

The coronavirus pandemic.

It's the reason all your sex streams are now just about going out bowling.

There's no question that things in the US are moving in the right direction.

More people are getting the vaccine, fewer people are getting infected, and our mask knee

is finally starting to clear up.

But at the same time, things are still very bad.

And today, the country reached a grim milestone to remind all of us of that.

The coronavirus and the pandemic's once unthinkable toll in the US, more than 500,000 lives lost

in less than one year.

The first reported fatality came on February 29th, three months later.

It was 100,000 dead.

And then by mid-September, the death toll climbed to 200,000 and surpassed 300,000 by mid-December.

But then came the deathliest period in the pandemic, 400,000 deaths on January 19th.

And now, just one month later, here we are, half a million COVID deaths in this country.

President Biden will mark the milestone at the White House with a moment of silence and

a candlelighting ceremony.

That's right, people.

Five hundred thousand COVID deaths.

A number that nobody wanted to see.

And as painful as that is, you have to admit.

You have to admit, it is nice to see America's president actually take a moment, just a moment

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