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On January 19, our last full day as a banana republic and the eve of the Biden inauguration, the nation was encouraged by the president-elect to commemorate the 400,000 Americans who've died of COVID-19 in the last year. ("Excess deaths" add another 200,000 to this count.) At the Washington National Cathedral, the event was accompanied by one ring of the massive Bourdon Bell for each thousand deaths. |