+- Ipoh Community Forums (https://forums.ipoh.com.my)
+-- Forum: News and Current Affairs (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-11.html)
+--- Forum: International News (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-13.html)
+--- Thread: Trump told Americans not to let coronavirus 'dominate your life.' (/thread-36.html)
Trump told Americans not to let coronavirus 'dominate your life.' - superadmin - 10-07-2020
Trump told Americans not to let coronavirus 'dominate your life.' This is what loved ones of victims have to say.
(CNN)As President Trump marked his return to the White House on Monday after a weekend hospital stay for coronavirus treatment, he had a message for the American people: "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life."
The president's tweet left many friends and families of coronavirus victims disgusted and angered. How could they not let a virus that snatched their loved one from them dominate their lives?
Amanda Kloots, wife of Broadway star Nick Cordero, who fought the virus for 95 days and died, was among those mourning the death of a loved one who took issue with the president's comments. Cordero and Kloots have a 1-year-old son together.
"Unfortunately it did dominate our lives didn't it? It dominated Nick's family's lives and my family's lives. I guess we "let it" - like it was our choice??," she wrote on Instagram. "Unfortunately not everyone is lucky enough to spend two days in the hospital. I cried next to my husband for 95 days watching what COVID did to the person I love. It IS something to be afraid of."
- Continue reading -