According to data from the John Hopkins University, the worldwide death toll has now passed 1m in nine months in the early hours of Tuesday.
Dr Howard Markel, of the University of Michigan, said: “It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people we love.”
The professor of medical history, who has advised government officials on containing pandemics added, “It’s our brothers, our sisters. It’s people we know.
“And if you don’t have that human factor right in your face, it’s very easy to make it abstract.”
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