New York Times Front Page Honors COVID-19 Victims, Prompting Powerful Responses as Deaths Near 100K
The U.S. is poised to reach a somber point early next week, as the coronavirus pandemic death toll [...]
The front page of The New York Times for May 24, 2020 pic.twitter.com/Mp4figjnQe
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 23, 2020
On Saturday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 1.6 million in the U.S., by far more than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University. The death toll is at 97,076, and just over 13.7 million Americans have been tested. Earlier this week, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington revised its death toll projection for the U.S. and now estimates 143,360 people will die by Aug. 4, reports CNN.
As Trump golfs.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 23, 2020
Multiple Twitter users noted that President Donald Trump spent part of his Saturday golfing. It was the first time he visited Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia in two months. The president did not wear a face mask and was seen with several other people around him.
Sunday’s @nytimes front page. Incredibly powerful. Loss doesn’t even describe it. pic.twitter.com/WIqpbLMUv0
— Jada Yuan (@jadabird) May 23, 2020
Irreplaceable souls.
— BLR (@beachnut826) May 23, 2020
Thank you @nytimes for all the work you've done to recognize and memorialize our fellow Americans who we've lost. A reminder that each person who died lost an average of 11 years https://t.co/992kkezEvs https://t.co/A3RzNkbUvD
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 24, 2020
That NYT front page names only 1% of the Americans who have died from Covid-19. I found that a bit difficult to grasp, so I copy/pasted it 100 times to get a sense of scale. The first image below is what it would look like if you could see all 100,000 names. pic.twitter.com/XteZFkT1Ze
— Aubrey Hirsch (@aubreyhirsch) May 24, 2020
I think more papers/media should do this to be honest. We’ve become numb to numbers and graphs.
— Donal Flynn (@DonalFlynn1) May 23, 2020