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>>> WE LOST MORE THAN A THOUSAND

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>>> WE LOST MORE THAN A THOUSAND

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AMERICANS TODAY.

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YESTERDAY WE LOST OVER A

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THOUSAND AS WELL.

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DAYS AND DAYS LIKE THAT.

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THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.

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IT IS HORRIFYING TO A DEGREE

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WHERE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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NORMALIZED THIS LOSS IN THE WAY

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IT TRIPLES DOWN TO OUR SOCIETY.

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THE ANTIDOTE THAT I FIND TO THE

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NUMBNESS OF THIS TRAGEDY IS

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TWITTER CALLS IT FACES OF COVID.

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IT TELLS THE STORIES OF THEIR

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LIVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES

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GRIEVING.

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ONE SMALL WAY TO PUNCTURE THE

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SHEER TOLL OF THIS.

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THE LAST FEW AS I READ ON FACES
OF COVID, SARAH MONTOYA, PASSED

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OF COVID, SARAH MONTOYA, PASSED
AWAY BEFORE 60 YEARS OLD.

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AWAY BEFORE 60 YEARS OLD.

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AND ELI SEVENER, GRADUATED LAST

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YEAR.

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FACES OF COVID CONSTANTLY

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CONNECTS US.
JOINING ME NOW IS A PERSON WHO

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JOINING ME NOW IS A PERSON WHO

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STARTS FACES OF COVID.

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ALEX PATRICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH

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FOR JOINING US.

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WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS REALLY

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DIFFERENT AND IT IS A WAY TO

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STAY CONNECTED OF THE REALITY OF

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WHAT’S HAPPENING.

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I AM CURIOUS HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

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>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME

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AND IT MEANS SO MUCH OF THE WORK

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THAT WE ARE DOING.

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A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AT THE START

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OF THE PANDEMIC STRUGGLING WITH

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THE FEELING OF THIS STATISTIC IS

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OVERWHELMING.

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I CREATED THIS EFFORT A WAY TO

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AFFIRM IT IS MORE THAN STATISTIC

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AND THEIR LIVES MATTERED AND

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THEY HAD DIGNITY AND IT MEANT

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SOMETHING.

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I NOTE THAT EVERY SINGLE STORY

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THAT WE POST, I THINK ABOUT THIS

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WAS THE CENTER OF SOMEBODY’S

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WORLD.

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MAYBE THE CENTER OF MULTIPLE

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PEOPLE’S WORLD.

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THE EXTENT OF THAT LOSS IS HARD

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TO INTERNALIZE.

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EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE

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STORIES BEG AN IMPORTANT

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QUESTION.

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DID THIS PERSON HAVE TO DIE?

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WAS THIS DEATH PREVENTABLE IN

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ANY WAY, COULD WE HAVE DONE

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ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO AVOID IT?

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WE KNOW WE COULD MAKE A LOT OF

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DIFFERENT CHOICES AT THE FEDERAL

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LEVEL.

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THE LAST PIECE MOTIVATED WANTED

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TO LIFT UP LOCAL JOURNALISTS WHO

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ARE STORY TELLERS.

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I SAW THIS AS A MEAN OF LIFTING

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UP STORY TELLERS.

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>> I AM CURIOUS HOW YOU

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AGGREGATE THIS.

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IS THERE ANYONE IN THE

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GOVERNMENT DOING ESSENTIAL DOCE

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DEPOSITORY OF THIS?

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>> NOT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

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FIND.

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I AM GRATEFUL I HAVE A FRIEND,

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SCOTT ZOBAK, WHO’S BEEN HELPING

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ME SO I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON.
THE LAST HOUR BEFORE BED AND IF

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THE LAST HOUR BEFORE BED AND IF

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FIRST HOUR I WAKE UP IS DEVOTING

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TO SKOUCOURING LOCAL NEWS SOURCE

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AND AS WELL AS OBITUARIES AND

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LOVED ONES BEING LOST TO COVID.

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PART OF WHAT’S DRIVING ME, I

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KNOW PEOPLE WATCHING YOUR SHOW

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MUST HAVE LOST SOMEBODY IN A

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DEEPLY ISOLATED TIME WE ARE

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MOURNING IS ESSENTIALLY DEFERRED

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BECAUSE OF OUR ISOLATION.

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IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A SMALL TINY

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WAY TO SAY THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY

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NOT ALONE AND THERE ARE MILLIONS

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OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO

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WANTS TO MOURN WITH YOU AND

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ALONGSIDE YOU.
>> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING

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>> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING

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THESE SMALL MEMOIRRIAL SEGMENTS

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THE SHOW.

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ONE THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE

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REACHED OUT TO US TO SAY IS THAT

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YEAH IN THE ABSENCE OF NOT BEING

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ABLE TO ENGAGE IN MOURNING

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RITUALS AND PARTICULARLY IN

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APRIL AND MAY AND THE HEART OF

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THE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER, IT

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IS DIFFICULT AND IT IS HARD TO

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NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH

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THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE AND YOU GET

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TOGETHER TO SHARE GRIEVES AND

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LAUGHS AND REMINISCES.

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THAT PART OF THIS PANDEMIC IS A

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SORT OF UNDER APPRECIATED

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TRAUMA.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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YOU CONSIDER A LOT OF THESE

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FOLKS SAID GOOD-BYE TO THEIR

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LOVERED

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LOVED ONES BY FACETIME.

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ONE THING THAT REALLY HIT ME AS

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WE SHARE A LOT OF THESE STORIES,

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THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WE SHARE

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ARE NOT FAMOUS HOUSEHOLD NAMES.

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IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY

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LIVED, THEY MAY WELL BE THE MOST

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IMPACTFUL PERSON.

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THE TEACHER YOU SHOWED EARLIER,

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I HEARD FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE

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THEIR CHILD HAD THAT TEACHER AT

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SOME POINT.

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THESE FOLKS HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE

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IMPACT OF THE LIVES IN THE

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COMMUNITY THEY LIVE.

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IT SEEMS LIKE DEFERRING ALL OF

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THESE BRIEFS TO SIX OR EIGHT

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MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD IS GOING TO

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HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

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THAT WE DON’T EVEN START TO

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GRAPPLE IT.

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>> IT STRIKES ME, ONE OF THE

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REASONS I WANT TO HAVE YOU ON

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TONIGHT, I WAS THINKING THAT

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SOMEONE HAD SHOWN THE TOWER OF

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LIGHT MEMORIAL IN NEW YORK CITY

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OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE LOST

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SINCE 9/11 WAS DOING A WARM UP

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TEST AND REMINDING ME IT IS THAT

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TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN.

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I THINK MIKE PENCE IS GOING TO

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VISIT NEW YORK.

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WE HAVE THIS NATIONAL MOURNING

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FOR THE 3,000 AMERICANS THAT WE

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LOST ON THAT DAY AND STILL 20

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YEARS LATER APPROPRIATELY OR

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PROPERLY SO.

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MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE IT IS STILL

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HAPPENING AROUND US SO WE DON’T

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HAVE THAT.

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BASICALLY FACES OF COVID IS THE

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CLOSEST THERE IS RIGHT NOIW TO

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ANYTHING BEING DONE AND