It is a sad course. The United States, officially the country most bereaved by the pandemic, exceeded 800,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, according to the results of John Hopkins University, with half of the deaths under the Trump administration and the other under that of Joe Biden. In 11 months in the White House, that’s an average of 1,200 deaths per day, mostly among the unvaccinated.
“As we pass the symbolic milestone of 800,000 Americans who have died of Covid-19, we remember each person, the lives they have lived, and we pray for their loved ones,” said US President Joe Biden in a statement . “I know what it’s like to have an empty chair around the kitchen table, especially during the holiday season, and my heart breaks for every family that goes through this pain,” he added. . Congressional leaders observed a minute’s silence on Tuesday evening in honor of the lives lost.
Pandemic of the unvaccinated
The United States is the most bereaved country in the world, according to official figures released by the authorities, ahead of Brazil (617,000 dead), India (475,000), Mexico (296,000) and Russia (291,000). Reduced to the population, that makes 2.4 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants in the United States. It is less than Brazil (2.8) and above all than Peru (6 / 1,000) but more than France (1.8 / 1,000).
The cost of misinformation: People living in counties that voted for Trump have been dying of COVID at nearly 3 times the rate of people in Biden counties. 60% of unvaccinated Americans are Republicans, while 17% are Dems & 17% are independents. Via @NPR https://t.co/C27L0IPrec
— Paul Rogers (@PaulRogersSJMN) December 7, 2021
Joe Biden struggles to push through a national strategy, with Republican governors refusing to impose restrictions. And above all, the bulk of deaths since May have concerned unvaccinated people, who are 60% Republicans, 17% Democrats and 17% Independents, according to figures from the Kaiser Family Foundation in early December. About 72% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, less than many countries, including France.
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