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Imagine

In the Sunday (Sept. 27) funnies, Doonesbury had three panels filled with 200,000 dots, each representing a dead person who died of cOVID-19. That’s a lot of people for a nation our size & 10% are dead children. CHILDREN!

Putting a face to the now (Oct. 1, 2020) 206,395 dead, our national count is within 3,000 of our entire population of the city of Spokane. Imagine … the ENTIRE city of Spokane, dead.

Now think of the moms and dads that are lost to COVID-19. Social Security benefits will will be paid out to each living child til they are 18 and their guardian, whomever that will be. But, there will be vaccines very soon and this will just go away, says our president. Don’t hold your breath! Perhaps this is the time to wear a simple mask, and social distance and wash your hands for everyone’s well being. It is inconvenient but 206,395 dead as of this writing. soon it will be and bypass the entire population of Spokane. All together a vacant city. Just imagine…

Cathy Gunderson

Spokane

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