Queen Elizabeth II made a rare televised address yesterday to support the British people during the coronavirus pandemic, assuring them that “we will overcome it.” This is only the fourth time she has addressed her nation outside of the Christmas holidays.
She thanked the UK’s frontline healthcare workers and caregivers, saying their work “is appreciated” and “brings us closer to a return for more normal times.” She hoped “everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.”
Drawing a comparison to the first time she addressed the nation at the age of sixteen when children were being evacuated during World War II, she stated: “People will feel a painful sense of separation from loved ones” but that self-isolation “is the right thing to do.”
She assured her people, “We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again.”
Burying coronavirus victims in city parks
By contrast, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Fox News Sunday, “This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it’s not going to be localized. It’s going to be happening all over the country.” However, he added: “As hard as this week is going to be, there is a light at the end of the tunnel if everyone does their part for the next thirty days.”
Coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx said late Saturday that infections could peak in New York, Detroit, and New Orleans in the next six to seven days. New York City officials are considering “temporary burials” of coronavirus victims in parks due to the city’s limited morgue…
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