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A tragic new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic arrived today, with 79 new deaths from complications of the disease reported for one day. Public-health leadership is desperately calling for isolation over the holiday seasons as crisis care expands in many hospitals. Photo courtesy UMMC

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‘People Who Didn’t Have to Die’: 79 COVID-19 Deaths In One Day

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs began today’s COVID-19 press briefing with a quiet reading of nameless Mississippians. “84 year old, white male. 76 year old, white female, 67 year …

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