TODAY - #MyCOVIDStory - Virtual March for the Dead
We encourage you to post written stories, photos, videos, or other content about how coronavirus has affected you and your family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Share your own story and amplify others on social media.
"I was/am incredibly frustrated, because I was already putting myself at risk dealing with people who couldn’t care less about me, and now there would be a lot more of them.”
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The highest number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in the Nordic countries as of March 11, 2021, had occurred in Sweden at 13,111. Denmark followed with 2,384 deaths, Finland with 783, and Norway with 639.
To the millions of people that helped other people get their vaccines - with computer work, rides to the vaccine sites, managing shared information on social media and so much more - thank you.
Today is the deadline for the public to make comment on NYPD's arsenal of surveillance technologies. Want to have a say on police use of covert social media profiles, facial recognition, or unmanned aircraft? Read a review of @JoelmCarter and me: https://t.co/Wtq2L1U31B
"We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow. We have to resist viewing each life as a statistic. or a blur, or on the news. We must do so to honor the dead, but equally important care for the living and those left behind."
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"Almost 470,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus so far, with the number widely expected to go above half a million in the next few weeks... some 27 million people in the US have been infected. Both figures are by far the highest in the world."
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Nice to see number of NYC residents vaccinated gaining on the number of those who've tested positive for COVID.
But: NYC = 33% of NY state COVID vaccinations, 43% of NY state population, 62% of NY state COVID deaths.
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It was a month ago when I found this broken eagle while cleaning the Capitol after the insurrection. I kept it as a tender reminder of the enormous work ahead to heal. This is one of several symbols I want to share with you as we think what comes next for our nation (THREAD)