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captain queeg

(10,207 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:08 PM Oct 2020

I read somewhere that on average people have about 10 close relationships

So that would mean at least 2 million people have a close contact who died from Covid. I would think everyone of those people would be pissed about the trump response to the pandemic and the number keeps growing. I think a lot of Trumpers aren’t going to open their eyes till someone they are close to dies from it.

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I read somewhere that on average people have about 10 close relationships (Original Post) captain queeg Oct 2020 OP

Yes. The families who lost someone know who they are. They know it didn't have to happen. onecaliberal Oct 2020 #1

Grandparents who missed spending time with Phoenix61 Oct 2020 #2

onecaliberal

(32,863 posts)

1. Yes. The families who lost someone know who they are. They know it didn't have to happen.

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:12 PM

Oct 2020

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

2. Grandparents who missed spending time with

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:32 PM

Oct 2020

their grandkids this past summer. No family Thanksgiving or Christmas this year. The older you get the more precious each year gets.

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