In America Remember 700,975: On Sunday, went to Washington, DC to witness the flags put in front of Washington Monument in remembrance of the victims of Covid19. Here are photos to...

Mubashm Loc: Gaithersburg, Maryland

On Sunday, went to Washington, DC to witness the flags put in front of Washington Monument in remembrance of the victims of Covid19. Here are photos to share with our members.

Mohammed

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MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana

Wow, your images are outstanding!! I really like the last one!!

Bubbee Loc: Aventura, Florida

Awesome....So heartmoving and sad. Makes the number a reality.
Thank you.

kvanhook Loc: Oriental, NC

Yes, the last one says it all. Even from the rear, you can sense her sadness. Thanks for posting. I didn't know such a thing was going on. It wasn't on the news that I could remember. What group organized this?

anotherview Loc: California

Some very dramatic shots here. They give a sense of the sweeping physical tribute.

Mubashm wrote:

On Sunday, went to Washington, DC to witness the flags put in front of Washington Monument in remembrance of the victims of Covid19. Here are photos to share with our members.

Mohammed

Quixdraw Loc: x

Stoking fear - U.S. population around 328,200,000 in 2021 according to the census bureau, do the math. In 2020, the last full year, 690,882 died of heart disease, 598,932 died of cancer. Where are their flags? In the same year 345, 323 died of COVID. Source JAMA

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

quixdraw wrote:

Stoking fear - U.S. population around 328,200,000 in 2021 according to the census bureau, do the math. In 2020, the last full year, 690,882 died of heart disease, 598,932 died of cancer. Where are their flags? In the same year 345, 323 died of COVID. Source JAMA

add car accidents, the flu, ......

Triple G

quixdraw wrote:

Stoking fear - U.S. population around 328,200,000 in 2021 according to the census bureau, do the math. In 2020, the last full year, 690,882 died of heart disease, 598,932 died of cancer. Where are their flags? In the same year 345, 323 died of COVID. Source JAMA

So many of those do not have a universal option to prevent many of those deaths. Covid does.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Triple G wrote:

So many of those do not have a universal option to prevent many of those deaths. Covid does.

Nope, nothing like diet, exercise, washing hands, staying home when sick, driving carefully,...
Nah, no preventive measures at all.

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

quixdraw wrote:

Stoking fear - U.S. population around 328,200,000 in 2021 according to the census bureau, do the math. In 2020, the last full year, 690,882 died of heart disease, 598,932 died of cancer. Where are their flags? In the same year 345, 323 died of COVID. Source JAMA

So because people have died in other ways that means we should do nothing to fight Covid? That is completely irrational!

Triple G

Longshadow wrote:

Nope, nothing like diet, exercise, washing hands, staying home when sick, driving carefully,...
Nah, no preventive measures at all.

Can’t fight genetic predisposition with hand washing.

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/young_women/bringyourbrave/hereditary_breast_cancer/index.htm

https://www.ottawaheart.ca/heart-condition/inherited-cardiac-conditions-genetic-disorders

I wonder if they’d take a vaccine if one were available?

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

KindaSpikey wrote:

So because people have died in other ways that means we should do nothing to fight Covid? That is completely irrational!

They were just trying to put things in perspective. Never heard anyone say do nothing. Sometimes fear is irrational.

bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA

quixdraw wrote:

Stoking fear - U.S. population around 328,200,000 in 2021 according to the census bureau, do the math. In 2020, the last full year, 690,882 died of heart disease, 598,932 died of cancer. Where are their flags? In the same year 345, 323 died of COVID. Source JAMA

Fear? No. Sadness. Determination. Yes.

The afflictions you cite all deserve -and receive - serious attention. The afflictions you cite are, to some extent, self inflicted and preventable by the affected individual. Neither is person-to-person communicable. Neither has an exponential spread rate. And neither can be addressed - contained, prevented - with simple, straightforward personal action.

bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA

KindaSpikey wrote:

So because people have died in other ways that means we should do nothing to fight Covid? That is completely irrational!

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Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Mubashm wrote:

On Sunday, went to Washington, DC to witness the flags put in front of Washington Monument in remembrance of the victims of Covid19. Here are photos to share with our members.

Mohammed

Great images. And a great reminder of the ongoing deaths of too many people from COVID.
The comparisons fo deaths from other causes is weak deflection; that contributes nothing to the issue.