More than two years after the novel coronavirus ravaged the world, US President Joe Biden said in a statement on the White House website on Monday: " Today, we commemorate a tragic milestone: the death of 1 million Americans from the new coronavirus.”
NBC reported that the figure of 1 million was equivalent to the total population of San Jose, California, the tenth largest city, and that the loss was "unthinkable."From the first case of COVID-19 infection confirmed 27 months ago to today, the United States has reached this number at an "amazing speed".
"Each of those million involves hundreds of people, exponentially affected."New Jersey resident Diana Juan Odonez is sad when she recalls her husband, 40, who died five days before her daughter's fifth birthday.
Although the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States is far higher than one could imagine in the early days of the outbreak, American public opinion believes that statistical omissions and inaccurate death certificates are likely to be underestimated.In a recently published study, researchers at Georgetown University found that the actual number of deaths from the new coronavirus between January 3,2020 and 26 September 2021 was 895,693, while the official figure was 710,999,26 percent higher than the official figure.
"Unexpectedly", "unprepared", "particularly saddened", "In many cases, it is avoidable." —— The Atlantic commented on the number of new coronavirus deaths in the US.