The year 2020 will live on in memory as a year of sacrifice, isolation, and difficulty. For many, the loss of family, friends, and neighbors to COVID-19 left a hole in the heart.
The number lost is so incomprehensibly large. Our limited human capacity can't really visualize or truly process numbers of that magnitude, and charts and graphs tend to mask the human cost.
This is an attempt at perspective, a chance to put a face to those numbers — one face for each COVID-19 death in the United States in 2020.
Runtime: 3 hours, 16 minutes, 45 seconds
Each face shown in conjunction with a COVID-19 death was computer generated, and doesn't properly reflect the demographics of those effected in a balanced manner. Yet, as you watch, please remember that each face represents a real human with family, friends, dreams, and passions.
We have lost so much. Let's each do our part going forward. Please:
Together we can make a difference.