Amanda Kloots, Widow of Actor Nick Cordero, Slams Trump Covid-19 Views in Instagram Video

After contracting the coronavirus and receiving care for three full days at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump announced via Twitter, "Don't be afraid of Covid," despite over 200,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the United States. In response, Amanda Kloots, dancer and widow to the late Broadway star Nick Cordero, who passed away from COVID-19 in July, had choice words for the President.

"Unfortunately not everyone is lucky enough to spend two days in the hospital," Kloots writes in an Instagram caption featuring a screenshot of Trump's tweet. "I cried next to my husband for 95 days watching what COVID did to the person I love. It IS something to be afraid of." Prior to his death, Cordero was placed in a medically-induced coma and had his right leg amputated after he lost circulation due to complications.

Kloots wasn't alone in her outrage at the President's tweets. Chris Evans of Captain America fame also had words for Trump.

"Don't be afraid of Covid?! You've been under round-the-clock care by the best doctors using the best drugs," Evans tweeted. "Do you really think everyone has access to that?!" She referred to the President's tweet as "reckless" before signing off.

Kloots continued her thoughts in her Instagram Stories, sharing her sympathy with all of the families that have lost loved ones to COVID-19. "We are afraid, I still am," Kloots says in the heart-wrenching video. She mentions that COVID "dominated her life" for the 95 days Cordero suffered from it. "Why are you bragging? Have empathy!" Kloots says. "Side with your people." Kloots continues to outline what she wishes President Trump could have tweeted instead and refuses to apologize for her frustrations. "I'm not sorry because it's too sad and it's too real."

The current U.S. death toll is projected to reach 415,000 by January 2021, Health previously reported.

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