The milestone of 100,000 deaths is looming as US states across the country relax the lockdowns.
New York, United States:
As the United States neared 100,000 coronavirus deaths, the New York Times on Sunday marked the grim milestone with a vivid memorial on its front page – online obituaries for 1,000 victims.
“The 1,000 people here account for only one percent of the toll. None of them were mere numbers,” the newspaper said in a short introduction on the front page, fully covered by text.
The United States was by far the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, in number of deaths and number of infections.
As of Saturday evening, the United States had recorded 97,048 deaths and 1.6 million cases of the virus, and will likely reach 100,000 deaths in a few days.
Victims presented by the Times included “Joe Diffie, 62, Nashville, Grammy-winning country music star” and “Lila A. Fenwick, 87, New York City, first black woman to graduate from the Harvard Law School “.
Also: “Myles Coker, 69, New York City, released from life imprisonment”, “Ruth Skapinok, 85, Roseville, California, backyard birds were known to eat from her hand” and “Jordan Driver Haynes, 27, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a generous young man with a lovely smile. “
Marc Lacey, the national editor of the newspaper, said, “I wanted something that people would look at in 100 years to understand the record of what we are going through.”
The milestone of 100,000 deaths is looming as US states across the country relax the lockdowns.
President Donald Trump, with an eye on his prospects for re-election in November, has lobbied for another reopening of the country as job losses increase and the economy slows due to coronavirus closings.
“TRANSITION TO BIGGER,” Trump tweeted Saturday night, his slogan for the reopening of America.
But many online commentators have noted the dissonance between the staggering death toll and Trump’s tweet.
George Conway, a frequent Trump critic and spouse of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, tweeted on the front page of the newspaper – alongside a photo of Trump playing golf on Saturday.
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