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Published 16:15 06 Oct 2020 GMT
Three months after Broadway star Nick Cordero passed away from Covid-19, his widow has slammed Donald Trump for his "disgraceful" tweet about the virus.
Donald Trump, prior to being discharged from Walter Reed Military Hospital after being admitted for Covid-19, took to Twitter to tell his 87 million followers: "Don't be afraid of Covid, don't let it dominate your life."
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Meanwhile, Nick Cordero passed away three months ago after spending 95 days in ICU after contracting Covid-19 at the age of 41. He is survived by his wife Amanda Kloots and their one-year-old son.
After Trump's tweet, Amanda took to Twitter to slam the 74-year-old president for downplaying the severity of a virus that has claimed over a million lives worldwide, calling it "a slap in the face" and "beyond hurtful."
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"To all the over 208,000 Americans who lost loved ones to this virus - I stand by you, with you, holding your hand," she wrote. "Unfortunately it did dominate our lives, didn't it? It dominated Nick's family's lives and my family's lives. I guess we 'let it' ' like it was our choice??"
"I cried next to my husband for 95 days watching what COVID did to the person I love," Kloots continued. "It IS something to be afraid of. After you see the person you love the most die from this disease you would never say what this tweet says. There is no empathy to all the lives lost [sic]. He is bragging instead. It is sad. It is hurtful. It is disgraceful."
"We saw what this disease can do so guess what? We are afraid. We are. I still am," she said. "I think about if I got as sick as Nick, little Elvis doesn’t have his mom anymore, so I'm afraid. And let it 'dominate' your life. No one's 'letting it.' Nick didn't 'let it.' It wasn't a choice, and it dominated his life, it dominated my life, it dominated our families' lives for 95 days, and because he didn't make it, it will forever affect my life."
Amanda then concluded by taking to her Instagram stories to reveal that she will be voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming election, writing: "Joe Biden you have my vote and by God I hope and pray you win this election [sic]."
Donald Trump has told the people of the United States not to be "afraid" of the coronavirus and to "get out there" in his latest video message too.
The President made his comments as he returned to the White House on Monday night (October 5) after spending three days receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Watch President Trump's comments below:
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Sharing the video with his 86 million Twitter followers, the 74-year-old said:
"I just left Walter Reed Medical Center and it's really something very special - the doctors, the nurses, the first responders.
"And I learned so much about coronavirus. And one thing that's for certain: Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're gonna beat it.
"We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines - all developed recently. And you're gonna beat it.
"I went, I didn't feel so good."
The POTUS then revealed that he started to "feel great" two days ago while receiving treatment, as he encouraged the people of the US not to let the ongoing pandemic "dominate" their lives. He continued:
"And two days ago - I could have left two days ago - two days ago I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago.
"Don't let it dominate, don't let it take over your lives. Don't let that happen. We have the greatest country in the world.
"We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front. As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there was danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front - I led.
"Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did.
"And, I know there's a risk, there's a danger - but that's okay. And now I'm better, and maybe I'm immune - I don't know.
"But don't let it dominate your lives - get out there, be careful.
"We have the best medicines in the world, and it all happened very shortly and they're all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily.
"Thank you very much. And Walter Reed - what a group of people. Thank you very much."
Trump arrived back at the White House just after 7:00PM on Monday night after being flown in by Marine One.
After landing, Trump walked up to the Truman gallery, removed his mask and saluted the helicopter.
