It hit me today that the number of Americans who have died of Covid-19 is the equivalent of nearly TWENTY NINE 9/11 ATTACKS. It's an unfathomable number of victims, and every single one is a human life with a story that matters. It makes me have to catch my breath.
Every Monday I update this plot and then stare at it for 15 minutes in disbelieve.pic.twitter.com/oaZMl9lNlk
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It makes my blood run cold. Are these numbers just too big to understand? Is it like trying to imagine how much money a hundred billion dollars is?
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I personally don't think so. I think it's much worse: (1/2) The people who die of covid-19 are predominantly working class. The people who died at 9/11 are predominantly middle class. Society (media, politics, ...) cares infinity more about middle class lives.
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