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How are we coping?
No, really…
More than 230,000 Americans have passed away from Covid-19, and that number is just the baseline of what has been recorded so far because we have to realize that there are more deaths that haven’t been recorded.
A lot of victims losing their lives during this historic season of a global pandemic, and the brutal repercussions stemming from how the Trump administration botched the response to an unprecedented national health crisis, are succumbing to life-threatening symptoms that are not directly related to the deadly virus.
It was recently confirmed that there is a rapid increase in the number of Americans who are developing an unhealthy dependency on alcohol.
This disturbing trend is undoubtedly due to the coronavirus quickly becoming the reality that mandated a nationwide shutdown.
On average the data is sobering when it comes to the harmful effects of alcohol abuse in this country that accounts for 93,000 deaths each year, which translates to 255 Americans dying every day from overconsumption of alcoholic beverages, thereby drastically lessening the life expectancy of victims.
The abrupt erasure of normalcy that encompasses an unrecognizable existence, that affects livelihoods and activates fear for an uncertain future that won’t provide ample assistance to…
