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Coronavirus has officially killed 200,000 Americans. For those left behind, there is grief, shock and rage – ABC News
At the beginning of the pandemic, top US diseases expert Anthony Fauci warned coronavirus could kill as many as 200,000 Americans. Five months later, with the country’s outbreak still raging, the United States has passed that milestone.
How do you visualise 200,000 dead?
It’s two Melbourne cricket grounds filled to capacity, four Sydney cricket grounds. It is bodies end to end along the road all the way from Washington to New York.
As horrifying as those images are, none tell you of the deep, aching pain and anger of those whose loved ones have vanished.
Multiply that by extended family, friends, workmates, neighbours and acquaintances and millions of Americans have been directly touched by that loss.
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