"It's not just a number. It's human beings. It's people we love," said Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of medical history at the University of Michigan who has advised government officials on containing pandemics and lost his 84-year-old mother to COVID-19 in February.
"I can understand why ... numbers are losing their power to shock, but I still think it's really important that we understand how big these numbers really are," said Mark Honigsbaum, author of "The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris." When the virus overwhelmed cemeteries in the Italian province of Bergamo last spring, the Rev. Mario Carminati opened his church to the dead, lining up 80 coffins in the centre aisle. After an army convoy carted them to a crematory, another 80 arrived. Then 80 more.
Government leaders in countries like Germany, South Korea and New Zealand worked effectively to contain it. Others, like U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, dismissed the severity of the threat and the guidance of scientists, even as hospitals filled with gravely ill patients. The pandemic's toll of 1 million dead in such a limited time rivals some of the gravest threats to public health, past and present.
Grimm milestone is when you realize the number of fakenews outlets there are CTVisFAKENEWS
If CNN and CTV are trying to sell something, you know it's bullshit
Ridiculous
Nine months? I don’t recall any New Years Eve lockdowns.
FU Kung Flu
Ok there Ctvnews. You do realize that 1.5M people died of tuberculosis just last year right? I didn't see any headlines about that 'grim' milestone. And it gets better. Due to the mismanagement of this 'crisis' that number is predicted to 'spike'.
7.8 BILLION people in the planet though
How many have died in the third world countries that we don't know about because the world does not care about third world countries.
ARE THESE DR'S SCIENCE OR POLITICS? over 1.3M, more CANADIAN Drs are speaking out. Dr. Phillips, a Front Line Doctor who works in LTC. First hand, he knows the damages we are inflicting on those we love with our Gov's COVID rules.
Fearmongering. What is the count for starvation, malaria and influenza! Earth population taking a hell of a hit this year!
CCPVirus CCPVirus🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠
1 million deaths out of a population of 7.8 billion. 43 million other deaths this year. Covid is less than 2% of these. Canada has had 9,000 Covid deaths. 1,000 people a day die in Canada. perspective
COVID-19 SURVIVAL RATES (per CDC): Ages 0-19: 99.997% Ages 20-49: 99.98% Ages 50-69: 99.5% Ages 70+: 94.6%
Just for context, how many does influenza kill annually? 800,000+ according to CDC And economies are not shut down, people doNt lose their homes and businesses, old folks dont die alone ASSHOLES
Sure...
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All together now.....THANKS CHINA!!