President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a candle lighting ceremony and a moment of silence at the White House on Monday at sundown as the U.S. approaches a grim milestone of half a million deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic.
a lot better than the previous “it wasn’t me” bulls*it
OT and better news
Good. But I keep thinking there should be a separate section to memorialize all the unnecessary deaths caused by the former WH occupant.
Biden had a good month as President. Once Trump declares his candidacy for the 2024 campaign at CPAC all the coverage will shift back to Trump’s antics. 4 years of MAGA rallies coming our way.
I read an estimate of 200,000. A lot of souls. But it’s hard to say. I once did a napkin estimate of my own based on death rates in South Korea, and at their per-capita rate we’d have lost about 14,000. Purely hypothetical if that were remotely possible here, of course. But I think most agree we could have done better. Johns Hopkins has us fifth from the top in per-capita deaths.
I may have missed it in the article, but I don’t remember seeing that there would be a moment when everyone was required to thank Biden and talk about what a good job he had been doing. It’s also weird, but I don’t think I’ve heard any recommendations for drinking bleach or ingesting a light in order to cure the virus.
In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen a story about a round robin praise fest of Biden by his staff or the both nominated and confirmed members of the Cabinet. What’s up with that?
I’m grateful for the ceremony, but the US blew past 500K a while ago.
Biden: “We honor our fellow Americans who lost their lives to this disease.”
Trump: “Why didn’t I think of that? Those idiots lick that stuff up!”
Imagine if Donnie would have been fanatically pro mask. His minions would have been gunning down people who didn’t wear them.
The MSM has been too much time on ratings lately, well forever. They’ve been having “the election has been rigged” guests on waaaaaay too much instead of focusing on the relative calm and efficiency of the Biden administration.
Neera Tanden for OMB and “the teachers want safe schools before they go in person” kerfuffle pale in comparison to anything going on in the last 4 years. It’s only been a month and my blood pressure must be way down. Only Moscow Mitch’s speech after the impeachment trial has made me yell at the television.
Spot on.
Biden’s empathy towards others, serious and focused efforts, and his lack of need to be in the daily news cycle with foolish dramatic gestures is a stark contrast to the former occupant.
It’s weird, but it’s like Joe Biden is actually human.
True – Worldometer has the US deaths at 511,302 today. I think their rate is more accurate. Why does the media use Johns Hopkins data?
And, humane. A compassionate man, because he experienced so much loss.
Will Lindsey try to block the Candle Lighting Ceremony in the name of Trump?
The staggering figure shows that country has by far the highest reported COVID-19 death toll in the world. Brazil comes next at 246,504, according to Johns Hopkins.
And the trumpers cheer, USA, USA, We’re number one!
It’s a divisive and un-bipartisanship ploy, you know. 
We should build a COVID-19 memorial and museum in DC. More American heroes have died due to COVID-19 in just one year than in combat during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, 9-11 or the many misguided 9-11 Jihadi terrorist Wars.
Americans should never forget the ignorance, incompetence and corruption that cause the needless deaths of countless. Our country was holding super-spreader events inside the White House and densely packed conservative rallies across the country to help spread the disease.