A screengrab from pressreader.com on May 27, 2020, shows the upper half of the front page of the special four-page pull-off section published by USA Today on Wednesday to alert its readers that the country's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is approaching 100,000. (Xinhua)
"Ask yourself this question: If America could return to normal life tomorrow, but one of your family members had to die, would you say OK?"
NEW YORK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- USA Today on Wednesday published a special four-page pull-off section to alert its readers that the country's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is approaching 100,000.
Featuring the black-and-white headshots of 100 victims of the virus, the first page of the section read, "These are the faces of some of the victims. One hundred people of different ages, races and backgrounds. They are among the nearly 100,000 known to have died of COVID-19 in the USA."
On the second page was an article titled "We are the enemy, too," with the first paragraph saying, "Ask yourself this question: If America could return to normal life tomorrow, but one of your family members had to die, would you say OK?"
A chart and the headshots of 11 victims were printed on the third page, reviewing how the COVID-19 casualties grew in the United States during the past three months.
"Entire families became sick in some cases, and sibling, spouses or a parent and child would die within days of each other," said a short annotation titled "The nation's losses."
A screengrab from pressreader.com on May 27, 2020, shows the lower half of the front page of the special four-page pull-off section published by USA Today on Wednesday to alert its readers that the country's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is approaching 100,000. (Xinhua)
The fourth page listed more information through photos and charts, saying, "The virus has claimed the lives from all walks of life, but researchers have learned that some people appear to be more susceptible to the COVID-19 and its complications."
"Among the at least 100,000 people who have died in the U.S., many of them lived in urban hot spots … The disease is especially devastating for older people and those who have compromised immune systems. But as the virus spread, thousands of people under 50 started dying. A disproportionate number of African-American and Hispanic people have died," the American newspaper said.
As of Wednesday morning, almost 99,000 people have been confirmed killed by the disease in the United States, the highest death toll among all countries in the world, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. ■