Two years on, and the U.S. has passed 800,000 deaths from COVID -- and tens of millions more infections and hospitalizations.

Here's hoping that 2022 will finally let the globe turn the corner on the pandemic and let us get back to normal.

Grim milestone indeed. A front page full of 1,000 names of the 100,000 deceased.
Source: NYTimes

100,000 Lives Lost

Remarkably cogent and damning article.

“Shortly before the CDC visit, Trump said “within a couple of days, [infections are] going to be down to close to zero”. The US then had 15 cases. “One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.””

Source: Financial Times

"A White House riven by rivalries and turnover was slow to act. Urgent warnings were ignored by a president consumed by his impeachment trial and intent on protecting a robust economy that he viewed as central to his re-election chances."

Sources: Associated Press, NYTimes.com

Other Nations Have Flattened The Curve Chart: AP

The White House Was Slow To Act Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times