Remembering the 1 million Americans lost to COVID

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

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🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. is approaching a grim milestone – one million dead from COVID-19. Millions more Americans trying to figure out how to live life without the person they loved. We remember those we've lost to COVID. Micki McElya and Marisa Renee Lee join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:18.8	Today is May 5th, 2022.
0:30.0	And today the CDC reports that 993,341 Americans
0:38.2	have died thus far from COVID-19.
0:41.6	The nation will cross the 1 million mark in the coming weeks.
0:46.6	1 million dead in the past two years.
0:50.4	That's 25% more than the number of Americans
0:53.5	who died in the Civil War.
0:55.5	Double the number of fatalities in World War II.
0:59.2	10 times more than Vietnam or World War I.
1:03.3	140 times greater than the number of Americans
1:07.2	who were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
1:11.0	But maybe war isn't the right comparison.
1:16.0	Maybe other diseases provide better perspective.
1:20.1	What about that other great pandemic?
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