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On Twitter he called on \u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1313267615083761665?s=20\u0022\u003Epeople \u003C\/a\u003Enot to be afraid of Covid-19, and said that the United States would \u201cbeat it\u201d because \u201cwe have the best medicines.\u201d But awaiting him on Pennsylvania Avenue were 20,000 empty chairs set up to commemorate the more than 200,000 killed in the US by the coronavirus to mark the first National Covid-19 Remembrance Day.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E20,000 chairs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSomber memorial to the 200,000 lives lost to Covid-19 in the US. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/Vb6ftUrfeX\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Vb6ftUrfeX\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/zgMQ7W3cVI\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/zgMQ7W3cVI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Jim Murphy (@jimmurphySF) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmurphySF\/status\/1313165219401592833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EOctober 5, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pandemic\u2019s impact has been catastrophic in many ways. Many victims of the virus have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-07-18\/alone-gasping-and-afraid-the-brutal-reality-of-covid-19-deaths\u0022\u003Edied traumatic deaths or alone\u003C\/a\u003E from loved ones. Millions have lost their jobs and face hunger and the possibility of eviction.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe pandemic has also underscored the deep inequities in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/10\/us-covid-19-disparities-reflect-structural-racism-abuses\u0022\u003EHuman Rights Watch has reported\u003C\/a\u003E, structural racism in the US has helped Covid-19 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/too-many-black-americans-are-dying-from-covid-19\/\u0022\u003Eravage Black and Latinx communities\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0at alarming rates. Black and Latinx people \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/07\/05\/us\/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html?smtyp=cur\u0026amp;smid=tw-nytimes\u0022\u003Eare three times more likely\u003C\/a\u003E than white people to contract the novel coronavirus and nearly twice as likely to die from it. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable during the pandemic due to their work on the front lines of agriculture, meatpacking, and other jobs considered essential. When they get sick on the job or feel the squeeze of poverty, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/24\/us-covid-19-relief-should-protect-immigrants\u0022\u003Emany workers fear seeking medical care or financial relief\u003C\/a\u003E due to the US government\u2019s harsh immigration enforcement measures. \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/04\/29\/us-avoid-covid-19-catastrophe-jails-prisons\u0022\u003Eincarcerated in the US have also been hit hard by\u003C\/a\u003E the crisis, as authorities \u00a0have largely failed to release sufficient detainees to allow for social distancing. \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the death toll climbs and millions suffer, federal help remains elusive. Congress has yet to make substantial progress on moving a new Covid-19 relief package forward. Any agreed bill is likely to be much more modest than \u00a0March\u2019s CARES Act, even though that measure \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/24\/us-covid-19-relief-should-protect-immigrants\u0022\u003Eleft too many people behind.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EWith each day Congress fails to enact inclusive Covid-19 relief legislation for communities across the country, more and more people\u2013\u0026amp; disproportionately immigrant families, essential workers, \u0026amp; people of color\u2013are facing hunger, homelessness, \u0026amp; illness. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/oKgVnoEzJy\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/oKgVnoEzJy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Thomas J. Rachko, Jr. (@ThomasRachkoJr) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasRachkoJr\/status\/1304120189911474176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFamilies across the US have the same right to access \u00a0health care, job security, and relief enjoyed by the most powerful among us. Concerns about systemic inequality should not be added atop the\u00a0fear of getting the virus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/nicole-austin-hillery\u0022\u003ENicole Austin-Hillery\u003C\/a\u003E is head\u00a0of the US Program at Human Rights Watch.\u00a0\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]