Friday’s episode of “The View” was a clear reminder that, despite this week’s events, we are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic that is not very controlled.
Co-host Sunny Hostin addressed viewers in an emotional segment in which she revealed that she lost both of her husband’s parents to the holiday coronavirus.
“It simply came to our notice then [my husband], felt that, from a public health point of view, it was very important for me to share the fact that we are deeply saddened that Manny lost both her parents during the holidays, ”said Hostin, who was visibly trying to keep up. tears. “She lost her father on December 28 and lost her mother on New Year’s Day, both in front of COVID.
“They were both doctors and they were both very careful. They did not celebrate Thanksgiving with us because we all decided it was not safe, “she added. “And after a lot of contact tracking, we still don’t know how they contracted this virus.”
Hostin, 52, continued to thank the health care workers who cared for her in-laws, saying they were “doing God’s work,” leaving her and Manny FaceTime with her parents in time. what they died.
“COVID is very, very serious,” she said. “It’s not a joke, it’s not a prank.”
After thanking the “View” co-hosts for their support – among them Whoopi Goldberg sent food and Meghan McCain sent bourbon – Hostin closed by saying, “We want everyone to know you might believe that you are healthy and not affected, but you may be an asymptomatic carrier. You could endanger someone you love.
“So, please, please, social distance, wear a mask, wash your hands, and if you get a chance to get this vaccine, get it.”
The United States set a new bleak record this week as the death toll in one day steadily slipped to 4,000 – and then surpassed that stage on Thursday, the deadliest day of the US pandemic to date.
The nation recorded more than 21,500.00 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 364,500 deaths since Thursday night, according to Johns Hopkins University.