A million Americans have died from Covid-19, and each one leaves behind a story. We spoke with young people who had their lives planned with a partner or other loved one — only to have them taken away, far too young
, published in February 2022, indicates that general Covid-related discrimination towards non-white adults in America has gotten worse during the pandemic., lead author on the study, says that racial and ethnic discrimination also limits access to routine and preventative care, as well as emergency treatment — like the kind Lopez says she was repeatedly denied. “I don’t trust doctors and anything that they have to say,” Lopez says.
But he wasn’t down for long. “It turned out Clair had been a state-champion-level powerlifter, and she actually could carry me, despite being 4’10,”” he explains. “She just hoisted me up, and I was like, ‘Well, that’s never happened before.’” They did manage to get in a dance, though Carter was in no condition to show off his moves.
“In those early days, everyone was so nonchalant about it,” says Carter, who now works in finance and lives outside Marksville, Louisiana. “Every single person told us that it was no big deal and that it would pass. But I knew something was wrong. I hate myself for not being more strongly opinionated about it.”
While Carter struggled to breathe and was placed on supplemental oxygen, Fuqua was moved to a larger hospital, where she“They notified me that she had passed while I was in the hospital myself,” Carter explains. “The nurses made a framed picture of her with a couple of her sayings written on there and brought it to me while I was in bed. It was honestly beautiful.”
While this is, in a way, an effective coping mechanism — giving people the chance to avoid a life of perpetual mourning — Cordes says that it also has put us in a situation where much of the American public is unable to fully grasp that one million people have died from Covid-19. This, in turn, makes it difficult to comprehend the real impact these deaths have had on millions of their family members, partners, and friends, and the country as a whole.
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