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Tammy Brantley's avatar

People so often just look at the headline numbers and forget that each of those numbers represents someone who was loved. I was absolutely heartbroken when my brother died of Covid on 1/1/21. He left behind a wife, a 16 yo daughter and twin 10 yo boys, plus me, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and countless friends. Each number represents a far greater loss than only the person who has died of Covid. To look around and see the selfishness and carelessness with which some people are treating this pandemic is appalling and infuriating in equal measure.

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MJK's avatar

I am a Canadian living in Florida. My 83 year old sister in Canada is dying of heart disease and cancer. None of her family can visit with her as she is dying because of Covid restrictions. I talk to her every day on the phone and can hear her getting weaker and weaker; she can hardly speak now. Covid may not be the thing that's killing her - but it's the thing that's kept all of us from hugging her, spending time with her holding her hand, comforting her. Maybe we'll finally get to see her once she is in hospice. I hate Covid for what it's doing to all of us even if we don't get it.

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