ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The number of people with the coronavirus in the United States known to have died passed 300,000 on Monday. Three hundred thousand is roughly half the number of cancer deaths expected this year. It is the population of Pittsburgh. But the worst is yet to come. The first 100,000 U.S. deaths were confirmed by May 27; it then took 4 months for the nation to log another 100,000. The latest 100,000 deaths occurred over about 3 months. The next 100,000 Americans to die, many public health experts believe, may do so in closer to 1 month. “There’s no need for that many to have died,” said David Hayes-Bautista, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. “We chose, as a country, to take our foot off the gas pedal. We chose to, and that’s the tragedy.’’ Many of the 300,000 who died from Covid-19 had an underlying health condition, like diabetes, hypertension or obesity. A large fraction were residents of long-term care facilities. About a third were over the age of 85. But it is wrong to conclude that these were deaths that would have happened anyway, epidemiologists said. Nationwide, deaths have been almost 20% higher than normal since mid-March, when the @who declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Tap the link in our bio for the story.」12月15日 6時30分