United States: As of today, September 8, 2020, the total reported deaths is 189,000. Pro footballs stadiums hold 70,000 people.
Three stadiums could be filled with that many people.
The photograph is of a single stadium, the number of people reported to have been lost to Covid-19 would fill 3 stadiums.
When we hear the numbers, it doesn't seem real.
On September 11th, people were crying as planes crashed into buildings. We saw people jumping as fires burned the buildings.
It was terrorism. We could see what was happening.
We saw people posting photos of names of missing loved ones. Each year, the names of the dead are read. There are memorials to those lost from that tragic date.
We are into 6 months of this pandemic. We do not see the dying, the suffering, the dead.
There seems to be no follow-up on survivors, leaving us to wonder, what kind of lives are these people living? Do they have ongoing health problems? Why don't we ever see any of them?
We don't hear from family or friends of those lost. There is a grieving process, people need time. Seems like 6 months into Covid-19, there would be people wanting to talk.
To make it a reality for the United States, we need to hear from those left behind, people who have had this disease and survived.
Visualising 200,000 people dead is beyond what most can comprehend.
We lost almost 3,000 people on September 11th.
When do you think we should begin to read the names lost to Covid-19?
By Marjorie Farrington