Covid’s U.S. toll: Nearly 300,000 dead and a stalemate between fatalism and hope

US #COVID19 deaths soared from 250,000 to ~300,000 in just 4 weeks. The year of the #coronavirus is ending as the pandemic began, with overwhelmed hospitals & 1000s of deaths each day.

There is still no national plan for curbing the spread of the virus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/covid-300000-dead-us/2020/12/12/5f40686c-364f-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2w3SMIrFwWh0sFxYRj5oitpSfa8qpGmtsnw_DRbPdAQCM0XwkI-n2OSFM