Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Grandparents are spending their last moments in life without loved ones, because leaders failed to get COVID-19 under control.We need a unified, national plan to fight COVID-19.This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.I turn 90 years old in December, and I'll likely spend my birthday alone.
For months, I've been tucked away in my Blue Hill assisted living community, quarantining in my apartment. Every day I've read about our Republican senator, Susan Collins, and her constant complicity with President Trump. She nodded along from the very beginning of this pandemic, when President Trump told us this would be gone in a couple of weeks. I remember thinking I was lucky that I had a birthday at the end of the year, because I thought things would be better by now.
The way I see it, the Republican Party's plan is to give up and pretend the virus will go away by itself. Now that almost 225,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, leaders are becoming more open to the terrifying idea of herd immunity. That means letting the virus wipe out our most vulnerable, including 90-year-olds like me. Scientists say almost 2.3 million Americans would die. Our leaders think lives like mine do not matter; that I am expendable. Sen.
When I watch President Trump hold his maskless rallies, I think about how much I want to hug my granddaughter. When he gathers our nation's top leaders maskless on the White House lawn, I wonder how much longer I'll have to wait to kiss my sons again. When Sen. Collins has in-person lunches with GOP leaders, I think about when I will get to choose my own papayas from the store again.
This is sadly the situation all over our area... zoom doesn’t replace seeing your elderly parent... so you pray there’s a vaccine and time still... this has been so disturbing as we watch the numbers rise out of control again... curfews and the overall fear...😞so sad....
Better than death...
grudging1 It is sad that we are in this predicament because of a self-fish, self centered human being.
ok, I get it. you hate Trump and want to blame him for everything. but guess what, there is a pandemic going on. GLOBALLY.
hblodget Where is Twitters dispute of this being misleading? Because it is. Trump didn’t cause covid, in fact he mitigated the problem while people called him racist for doing so.
why don't you thank obama that the rise of communist china for such pandemic?
Articles like this is the reason why about 71 Million voted for Trump...
Oh please! Go to Europe and see if you won’t be alone there too! Ridiculous
But not China. Sounds like they paid for this Article to again cover up their Virus
LOL
hblodget Come on
hblodget The unifying by the Business Insider continues.
No country has the pandemic under control. That's why it's called pandemic not epidemic and to blame one administration is ridiculous. Shortage of supply every prior administration is to be held accountable. It's a virus that nobody could predict or want.
LMFAO
It’s pathetic how people blame politicians and government for every problem they have. Newsflash: The virus spread around the world like virus do. Prevention is a collective effort not centered around the decisions of one person. Cupcake.
You’ll be spending Christmas alone because of China and their release of a virus on the world. You’ll also be spending Christmas alone because you have been terrified by the media.
And with Biden age 91 will be the same sad story.
Does this guy think the pandemic would be gone if someone else was in charge? LOL. Even Dems were telling us not to wear masks until June. Nothing would be different fella, it's a pandemic and we were too dumb to start wearing masks in March when it would have mattered.
U should thanks China for that 😅
ChinaVirus
this is terrible news
Does she blame Trump for the problems in Europe as well? It’s amazing how brainwashed people are that spend their time watching CNN and MSNBC.
Lol ... or more likely because you are 90 years old and some guy in Wuhan decided to eat a bat. keepitreal
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