despite Rapist45's recent claim that covid is "harmless" for 99% of those who contract it. This harrowing story was in my local news today:

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/madison-pastor-reunited-with-family-after-spending-105-days-in-the-hospital-with-covid-19

"NASHVILLE TENN. (WTVF) — Ken Carden was reunited with his family Monday after spending more than 100 days in the hospital with COVID-19.

Carden is a pastor of a small church in Madison, a father of five and a grandfather of seven. He was admitted to the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital on March 23 after unsuccessfully trying to treat his COVID-19 symptoms at home.

His family says while in the hospital, he battled multiple infections, pneumonia, and required two amputations. He was fully sedated for 54 days, on a ventilator for 68 days and in ICU for 75 days. His family could not visit him until the end of his stay in the hospital and his last two weeks of rehab.".....(more)

They've interviewed family members of people who have died from Covid.

Some of them have also devoted the last five minutes of their programs to show photos of those who have died, and to talk about who they were.

At the end of Anderson Cooper's show tonight, he talked about a couple who had been together for over 50 years, and died within a few minutes of each other, holding hands. He got really choked up as he spoke.

The issue is, so far, this isn't true for most people. Until it starts happening to family members or friends, it won't seem real, just a bunch of numbers far away. Since we know this is eventually coming, I'm only hoping that it will take friends or family merely testing positive/coming down with symptoms to wake people up, not that it will actually take deaths.

months later still suffering brain/neurological problems, breathing problems etc and emphasize that doctors don't know if the damage is long term or permanent. Tonight on MSNBC a doctor was on and he said 4 out of 5 kids with Covid show some brain damage. That is what we need to be hearing, besides the deaths. Younger people may bet a little more responsible if they hear these stories.

that will require long term care.

If someone doesn't want to believe something, it doesn't make any difference how many accounts are out there. Look at Sandy Hook and other mass casualties, there is still a group of people who believe it's all deep state and staged with professional tragedy actors.

It prevents the names from being released on a local level ...

I believe that to be one reason that, unless it is a close family member, people are not knowing enough ....

A million deaths is a statistic.
-- Joseph Stalin

Wallace at the end of her show highlights two people everyday.

the deniers aren't watching Nicole Wallace

I find myself crying over the unnecessary pain, sadness and dysfunction we are going through

Is that we haven't been impacted by famous deaths that would strike deep into the psyche of America. There have been some well known people lost but nobody who is a beloved well known name. That would really drive it home as well.