“This is the final surge,” says California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “This is the most challenging moment since the beginning of this pandemic.” Newsom is talking about the catastrophic spread of Covid-19 and the crushing number of grave cases jamming ICU units throughout the Golden State.
Left unsaid during his Thursday news conference is a cultural subtext that needs to be screamed out loud. Despite 276,000 U.S.
deaths and counting — someone dies of Covid every 30 seconds — people are tuning out, blaming government and public health departments for losing control of this and causing financial disaster for businesses and millions who’ve lost their jobs.
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