Posted on Sep 4, 2021

Florida funeral homes are unable to keep up with the Covid dead

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As hundreds of Floridians are dying a day from Covid-19, Florida funerals home are struggling to keep up with the onslaught of bodies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the seven-day average in daily deaths for August was 244, which is an all-time high in the pandemic. This sudden spike is likely because of the spread of the more contagious delta variant.

While working in a funeral home is tough even in normal times, staff across Florida have been working nonstop during the latest Covid-19 surge.

Florida funeral homes are unable to keep up with the Covid dead

Posted from independent.co.uk

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MSG (Join to see)

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One solution: simplify funerals. Do people really need fancy coffins and elaborate funerals? In some cultures a simple shawl is all that is needed. Who actually benefits from elaborate funerals?

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This is one of those failures of capitalism that everyone now believes is necessary. This along with going into debt buying a wedding ring, overly elaborate weddings, new cars every few years, and other status symbols have been so ingrained through advertising that I doubt we'll see simplicity anytime soon.

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