<story><title>U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/03/world/covid-19-coronavirus#us-virus-deaths-have-surpassed-the-spring-peak</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>satysin</author><text>This is so sad to see and from looking at the number of people who travelled for Thanksgiving last week I think it is almost certain that these kind of daily death numbers will continue into the new year :(&lt;p&gt;Honestly I don&amp;#x27;t really know what to say when I see these headlines anymore. I am in [redacted] but have many friends and family in the US and hearing the stories from them is both saddening and infuriating.&lt;p&gt;Sadly my own friends and family that I used to respect and look up to have shown themselves as fools this year. People I used to think of as very intelligent falling for the most insane conspiracy theories and other such nonsense. It has been really eye opening in an increasingly depressing way.&lt;p&gt;And on top of that as someone from the UK (but now living in [redacted]) I also have the stupidness of Brexit to deal with.&lt;p&gt;People talk about the impact of lockdowns on mental health but honestly that wasn&amp;#x27;t a big deal to me, the biggest impact to me this year has been the stupidity and selfishness of so many people. It is draining having to listen to people talk about 5G spreading the virus or Bill Gates wants to microchip you with the vaccine or going on rants that surgical masks lead to a dangerous build up of CO2.&lt;p&gt;There is something seriously wrong with the human race. A shocking lack of education and rational rather than emotional thinking for starters.&lt;p&gt;Sorry I guess my comment doesn&amp;#x27;t really add to the discourse. Guess I just needed to just put something &amp;#x27;out there&amp;#x27; rather than it just rattle around in my head right now.</text></comment>
<story><title>U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/03/world/covid-19-coronavirus#us-virus-deaths-have-surpassed-the-spring-peak</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mrfusion</author><text>What do excess deaths look like for 2020?</text></comment>