1) The death toll will top 180,000 by the end of August.
2) The large majority of nations worldwide began robust testing and quarantining on a weekly basis months before the US did. So much for the narrative of our healthcare system being the best in the world.
3) Nations like Germany had the adequate hospital supplies right off the bat. The US couldn’t manage this.
4) Third world nations did a better job managing the virus by their early response. Timing was everything.
5) The US has the highest rate of new cases per day in the world.
2) The large majority of nations worldwide began robust testing and quarantining on a weekly basis months before the US did. So much for the narrative of our healthcare system being the best in the world.
3) Nations like Germany had the adequate hospital supplies right off the bat. The US couldn’t manage this.
4) Third world nations did a better job managing the virus by their early response. Timing was everything.
5) The US has the highest rate of new cases per day in the world.
Trump and his allies respond with pseudo-science as US death toll hits 150,000
On the day the US surpassed another tragic milestone -- 150,000 coronavirus deaths -- it became ever clearer that pseudo-science, ideological posturing and mocking the idea of a national strategy are no way to fight a deadly pandemic.
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