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In light of all this right-wing rhetoric about the LA Fires, I think it's time to take a look back at a big disaster handled by the Republican leadership. COVID.
Fast forward four months and the virus has spread across all 50 states, leaving a death toll of 100,000 from more than 1.6 million confirmed cases.
We've taken a look at how those figures compare to other countries around the world and how the situation could develop over the next few months.
The death toll in the US became the highest in the world in early April and has risen dramatically since then.
President Donald Trump initially said "50 to 60,000" people could die during the outbreak but in May he said he was hopeful the toll would be lower than 100,000. That benchmark has now been hit though and there are still about 1,000 deaths a day on average.
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Coronavirus: How the pandemic in US compares with rest of world
Two days after the US recorded its first case of coronavirus, Donald Trump said the situation was "totally under control" and assured the public it was "going to be just fine".Fast forward four months and the virus has spread across all 50 states, leaving a death toll of 100,000 from more than 1.6 million confirmed cases.
We've taken a look at how those figures compare to other countries around the world and how the situation could develop over the next few months.
The death toll in the US became the highest in the world in early April and has risen dramatically since then.
President Donald Trump initially said "50 to 60,000" people could die during the outbreak but in May he said he was hopeful the toll would be lower than 100,000. That benchmark has now been hit though and there are still about 1,000 deaths a day on average.

Coronavirus: How the pandemic in US compares with rest of world
More than 100,000 people have died and the country is now slowly reopening amid fears of new spikes.

Comprehensive review of how U.S. handled pandemic lays out lessons learned

Comprehensive review of how U.S. handled pandemic lays out lessons learned
Why the United States fared so badly during the pandemic, especially when compared to other similar nations, was supposed to be one of the many questions examined by a national COVID-19 commission. But that commission was never launched. William Brangham spoke with the co-author of a new report...
