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58Sunliner

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36. No words. The tragedy and scars of the past and present, and those to come.

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:29 PM

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Let this sink in. [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2020 OP

The idea that people cannot gather to memorialize their loved one mcar Mar 2020 #1

Yes, mcar. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #5

That is one of the worst things about this. Initech Mar 2020 #42

And while this is happening, Trump is trying to convince his followers that it is NOT happening. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #2

Anyone from MS from this moment on should NOT be allowed to go into any Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #6

It is insanity. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #7

And rump and the GOP are doing everything they can NOT to send equipment and to get Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #3

Even worse, holding back aid for ass kissing the monster? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #9

"Two hours, that is all it took" jberryhill Mar 2020 #4

Many, perhaps most people, are math illiterates. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #11

yesterday handmade34 Mar 2020 #8

We buried my father in law a week ago. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #10

I am so sorry for your loss, MM. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #12

Deepest sympathy malaise Mar 2020 #25

I'm sorry to hear this. calimary Mar 2020 #30

I like that idea calimary. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #32

Hugs back atcha, MontanaMama! calimary Mar 2020 #34

And I don't think the Covidiot in Chief has expressed one word of sympathy tanyev Mar 2020 #13

Covidiot in Chief! calimary Mar 2020 #35

No, a sociopath like him is incapable of it. Initech Mar 2020 #43

It would be bad for anyone to have to go through this alone blueinredohio Mar 2020 #14

Largely because One. Dipshit-In-Chief must have his ego stroked. lastlib Mar 2020 #15

By Easter Sunday this country will be reeling. CrispyQ Mar 2020 #16

The churches will be packed Easter Traildogbob Mar 2020 #21

I fear you are right. -nt CrispyQ Mar 2020 #39

Most of the funerals have been cancelled Mariana Mar 2020 #17

And the death and infection rate is going to get far worse PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #18

Meanwhile Don the Con and Mother's Boy malaise Mar 2020 #19

It will get much worse... lefthandedskyhook Mar 2020 #20

And they kept warning us. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #22

There was a good article in the Boston Globe on this topic today. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #23

Am I mistaken? jaxexpat Mar 2020 #24

The embalming process takes care the sanitizing defacto7 Mar 2020 #31

Perhaps cremation should become mandatory. Sogo Mar 2020 #48

Yes, it's HEARTBREAKING that loved ones can't be there to console those who are dying. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #26

I said that to 2naSalit Mar 2020 #27

When my sister died in October last year LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #28

Multiply by 1000. NT warmfeet Mar 2020 #29

Cruise ship companies need relief! JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #33

No words. The tragedy and scars of the past and present, and those to come. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #36

I have no words apkhgp Mar 2020 #37

Perhaps cremation will become far more common. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #38

no words MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #40

I know. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #41

My mom died in 2009, my dad two years ago this week MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #44

Love to you and yours, MLB. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #45

Same to you and your family sheshe MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #46

I had a conversation with the local hospital recently and the local funeral director recently 47of74 Mar 2020 #47

I would like to know if Trump locks Mar 2020 #49