Imagine an entire state falling off the map
She is believed to be the first pandemic death.
The toll is based on death certificates but most experts believe it is an undercount given how many diagnoses were likely missed in the spring of 2020, when the virus was poorly understood and testing was scarce. Fauci, at the time, predicted between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths, a figure that drew ridicule in the Trump administration for being overly pessimistic.
“If you look at the difference in hospitalization and death, between vaccinated and unvaccinated, you know this number screams out to us why we should be getting more people vaccinated,” he said.Covid-19 is a story of waves. Heading into the first winter, public health officials begged people to avoid seeing relatives on Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, fearing close, indoor gatherings would fuel a surge. They did. January, 2021 became the deadliest month on record.
By the fall of 2020, hospitals in the South and Southwest were suffering the same fate. The facilities were so crowded that doctors were talking about rationing care to preserve resources and keep the entire health system from collapsing.
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