Amidst Anger Across U.S., COVID-19 Still Rules Killing Nearly 100,000 (projected in January of 2021)

 

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With the unprecedented events taking place in the nation's capital last week, it is easy to forget that the COVID-19 virus is still ravaging the world.  The virus is persistent and consistently attacking citizens whenever and wherever possible.  

Last week at the capitol is a perfect opportunity for the spread of the virus further with thousands of rioters and protesters seizing the capital for hours.  Let us not forget that the virus will ultimately take many more lives if we do not continue to take safety measures against transmission.

According to reporting from Politico's Nightly report on COVID-19, the month of January could be the largest number of deaths thus far in the total time that COVID19 has been present:

MEANWHILE, IN OTHER BAD NEWS — Not even two weeks into the new year, January is shaping up to be the worst month ever when it comes to Covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations.

In the first 10 days of 2021, nearly 30,000 Americans died because of Covid, more than the country’s total death toll in all of February, March and the first half of April. These past 10 days alone have accounted for nearly 8 percent of the country’s total death toll of 365,630.

The virus could claim another 70,000 lives by Jan. 31, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation — 100,000 deaths in just one month.

When are we going to realize that the only strategy besides the vaccine is social distancing and mask-wearing?

When are we going to accept that the vaccine outweighs the risk?

The FDA would not have let the vaccine rollout if the production and testing did not meet their standards?

Stay Tuned!