Watch "We Remember 500,000: A National Memorial Service for Covid-19," hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper, Monday night at 11 p.m. (CNN) The United States will within hours record its unfathomable 500,000th death from Covid-19 paradoxically at a moment of rare hope in the pandemic. The symbolic power of the half a million figure emphasizes the horror of the nightmare that seized the country a year ago. The shifting dynamics will cause a growing political headache for the President if he seeks a deliberate pace to reopening. Three influential medical associations on Sunday issued a warning that despite signs of hope, the challenges from Covid-19 remain serious.

Source: The Nation February 22, 2021 17:48 UTC