Grieving the Quarter Million

Although the official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is still a few thousand below 250,000, the reality in the United States is that at least a quarter of a million people have died of the illness. The sheer size of the number is beyond the realization of most people--it is more than died in this nation's wars, about eight times the number who died in the September 11 attacks. It is almost five times the number who are killed in auto accidents daily. It is an enormous, inconceivable number. 

We grieve for them all. 

Hoff, "Homage to PRP," oil on panel, 20x16

(The painting above is a modification of a Blue Period work by Pablo Picasso.)