20,000 Chairs On National Mall Pay Tribute To 200,000 Americans Dead From COVID-19
As part of last Sunday’s National COVID-19 Remembrance Ceremony, 20,000 empty chairs were set up on the lawn of the National Mall in Washington D.C., facing the White House. There is approximately one chair for 100 American coronavirus deaths.The live-streamed ceremony and the display of chairs were set up by COVID Survivors for Change, a network of people affected by the virus working to help other survivors and amplify policies and information that could save lives.“As a grassroots, non-partisan community, we are committed to elevating survivors’ voices, finding community in tragedy, and emp...