As per the John Hopkins Univerisity Coronavirus Resource Center, as of this writing, the current number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the US stands at 1,622,670.
In addition, the nation has also been hit with 97,087 deaths as a result of COVID-19. Both of these statistics are the highest for any country in the world.
However, earlier this Memorial Day weekend, President Donald Trump was filmed playing golf.
In response, the Biden Campaign has produced a 30-second video showing the POTUS playing golf, cut against disturbing videos of coronavirus patients being carried on stretchers and healthcare staff working on the frontline.
The video can be seen below:In addition, a rising 'death toll' meter can be seen increasing throughout the duration of the video.
Joe Biden - the Democratic presidential candidate - shared the video with his 5.5 million Twitter followers, along with the caption: "Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work. Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing."
Trump has also come under fire for his hypocrisy, after he frequently criticized former US President Barack Obama for playing golf.
Back in 2014, Trump appeared on Fox and Friends to complain that Obama shouldn’t be spending any time golfing after a second case of Ebola was confirmed in the US.
"There are times to play and times that you can’t play. It sends the wrong signal," Trump declared.
"You know when you’re president you sorta say, like" 'I’m gonna give it up for a couple of years and I’m really gonna focus on the job.'"
To mark the devastating coronavirus milestone, The New York Times has dedicated today's front page (May 24, 2020) to listing the names of 1,000 people who have lost their lives to the virus.
The headline for the front page reads: "U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss".
Per The Insider, Simone Landon, an editor for the newspaper, said she had realized that there had been "a little bit of a fatigue with the data" among both Times journalists and the general public. To rectify this, The Times vowed to visualize the true extent of the loss.
Staff at the publication combed through obituaries and death notices for those whose cause of death was listed as COVID-19. They then plastered their front page with their names, along with their ages and facts about their lives.
And despite the front page looking absolutely heartbreaking, it only accounts for just 1% of the nation's total death toll.
A subline on the front page read: "They were not simply names on a list. They were us."
Biden has personally responded to the front page, writing on Twitter: "This is jarring — and a heartbreaking reminder that the death toll we see in the news is so much more than just a statistic. Every single one marks a future cut short and a family and community that will never be the same. @DrBiden and I are keeping them all in our hearts."
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