Thread by @postcards4USA

Today I joined hundreds, including @SurvivorsChange, @Survivor_Corps @nynurses yellowheartmemorial.com
to march across Brooklyn Bridge for those lost to #COVID19
#MarchToRemember
I updated number of lost this AM: 632, 647
Now it's 632,979.
300+ died while we marched.

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This woman lost both her parents w/in days to #COVID19 2 weeks later, her entire family got it.
Talking w/ @dianaberrent founder @Survivor_Corps thanking her cuz FB group was "only place" to find info on what to do when infected.
"I think you saved our lives."
#LongCovid
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The first woman lost her father to #COVID19 after he contracted it singing at church.
The little girl lost her abuelita.
The woman holding the sign lost her husband in Oct '20.
The man lost his partner of 30+ years in Apr '20
"They only had 3 ways to try to save him then."
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Frontline nurses carried placards of colleagues lost in the battle against #COVID19
@donnaacetophoto places a Yellow Heart on memorial wall for her sister-in-law who died of COVID.
A large family gathered to march for the mother they lost.
The couple lost parents.
#Iwalkfor

The #MarchToRemember was the idea of 16-year-old Hannah Ernst. (at mic)
Weeks after she & her grandfather made plans to walk across Brooklyn Bridge, he died from #COVID19. Days later, Hannah launched @FacesOfCOVID to honor him & to walk across the bridge to honor all lost.
💛

Hannah then partnered w/ Rosie Davis, whose mother Mary passed from #COVID19 & Yellow Heart Memorial was born to help the millions of Americans impacted by COVID honor their loved ones.
💛 yellowheartmemorial.com 💛
A Yellow Heart has become a symbol of COVID remembrance.

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Trish Zimmerman lost her father to #COVID19 & joined COVID Survivors for Change @SurvivorsChange which works to prop up survivors of COVID-19 and those who have been directly impacted by the virus. #LongCovid
“I’m now my dad’s voice. He can’t be here."

Last week, @MarkedByCovid, led by @kdurquiza recently successfully lobbied Congress for a #COVIDMemorialDay @RepGregStanton & @SenWarren introduced bills to make the 1st Monday in March Covid Memorial Day to remember family & friends lost & survivors
stanton.house.gov/2021/8/senator…

Heidi Ferrer ("Dawson's Creek writer), wife of @NickGuthe struggled for over a year w/ terrible pain & inability to sleep after ASYMPTOMATIC case of #COVID19. It was to much & she took her life. He get's "at least an email/DM a day" from someone with #LongCovid who is suicidal.

Emergency medicine physician, Dr. Cleavon Gilman @Cleavon_MD is continually updating these threads dedicated to the countless #SoulsLostToCovid worldwide because, "By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on."
#COVID19 #diesofcovid

https://twitter.com/Cleavon_MD/status/1424161110836617217