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Death by numbers: How Vietnam War and coronavirus changed the way we mourn

  • Written by Shad Thielman, Lecturer in History, California State University San Marcos
A lone visitor reads names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during the coronavirus outbreakDrew Angerer/Getty Images

At some point in late April, COVID-19 claimed the life of its 58,221st victim in the United States. We do not know the victim’s name or the exact time of death, but the death was significant: It meant that the coronavirus...

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