everything wrote:Why are we (USA) nearly a third of worldwide cases and nearly a third of worldwide deaths?
Yes we can talk about accounting differences and per capita rates, but that doesn't seem good. We aren't a third of the population of the world.
This is such a low hanging fruit I almost feel like I'm being baited into a debate...but here goes ...
Ummm.... I'd hazard to say that the delayed response of our glorious leader downplaying it, denying it existed, saying it was a Democratic hoax to ruin his election... fast forward to present time and he's more focused on the personal optics of his lack of response than even now putting forward a proper response.
Leader: "Shelter in Place? That will hurt the stocks of the 1%'ers. We need to keep all industries wide open, even if it endangers workers' lives... and no one come anywhere near me... and all my staff must be tested daily... but I'm not going to ensure all others are tested because that will inflate our numbers... bad optics, you know..."
Leader: "Maybe we can all huff bleach and sit in tanning booths... that's what I heard.. people are saying this...seems like a thing"
Dr. Fauci: "opening now would be disastrous"
Leader: "That response is unacceptable"
workers: "We need to work closely with the Health n Safety industry to come up with a safe plan to re-open meat processing plants where low income workers work elbow to elbow all day not socially distanced, and in fact is often the epicenter of regional outbreaks..."
Leader: Forget the Health n Safety associations...We've worked out a plan with the business owners on how they can re-open...
workers: "wait, what..?"
Arizona: "Our specialists have determined that opening now would be disastrous"
(Leader flies to Arizona for a special closed door meeting)
Arizona: "We have new evidence that shows we should open now and it will be safe. We've fired our team of specialists. No - you cannot see the new evidence our Leader has given us"
(a few states have done the same cycle as Arizona)
Leader: "But I closed the door back in February after it was already a thing here in the USA. And I kept repeating 'but I closed the door' for the next few months while it continued to explode through the population inside our nation and still I did nothing"
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/22/trump-never-actually-banned-flights-from-china-or-/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/
Sean Hannity: "Hey it could have been worse... at least it's not 2 million"
Now he's focusing on how many lives he's saved because (eventually) he did a little bit. Yes... doing 'something' was better than doing absolutely nothing.
I'm not an Obama follower, but can you imagine what a different state the USA would be in if Obama was President during covid response?