Biden admits, “The victims of the American corona are more than two world wars, Vietnam and 9/11 combined”
US President Joe Biden, on March 11, acknowledged grief and loss caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic stressing that the total deaths in the country now exceeded those caused by World war I, world war II, Vietnam war, and 9/11 combined. In his first prime time speech, the newly minted President marked one year since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it as a “global pandemic” and said that it has only caused “collective sufferings” to the Americans.
“A year ago we were hit with a corona that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks, then months. That led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness,” Biden said in a nationally televised address.”
As per the latest tally by John Hopkins University, the country has reported over 29,286,142 cases with over 530, 821 deaths as of now. Confronting the same, Biden said that the previous year was filled with “loss of life and living” leaving behind kids who could not even grieve. Offering his condolences to those who succumbed to the respiratory infection, he said that he was thinking about everyone “who died alone, leaving their family members behind.”
“As of now, the total deaths in America (from COVID-19 are at) 527,726 — that’s more deaths than World War I, World War II, The Vietnam war and 9/11 combined. There were husbands, wives, sons, daughters, grandparents, friends, neighbors — young and old — they leave behind young ones unable to grieve and heal,” he said.
