Chills, by Lauren Wolfe

Chills, by Lauren Wolfe

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Death, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Death, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

"Life" being the key missing word.

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Feb 24, 2021
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The U.S.S. Comfort arrives in New York City in March. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty Images)

Covid-19 Deaths:

Feb. 23: 500,000 

Jan. 19: 400,000

Dec. 14: 300,000 

Nov. 18: 250,000

Sept. 22: 200,000

July 30: 150,000

May 24: 100,000

April 24: 50,000 

As we surpassed 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, I wrote about it furiously for hours. But I went in circles talking about trauma and secondary trauma and compassion and compassion fatigue. I went very far, yet ended up nowhere but tired and sad.

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