Do you have any facts to back that up? Leadership issues aside, the US is clearly the country that is best equipped to deal with a pandemic (see https://www.ghsindex.org/).
All of that is well and good, but just look at the reality of South Korea vs the United States right now. Korea is doing 10,000 test kits per day with drive up stations, while the US has had botched testing, nonsensical requirements for the testing that’s in place, and undetected community transmission for about six weeks with no mitigation plans. There’s likewise been no federal or state level action to do things like curb mass gatherings or strictly enforce quarantines, which are literally the only thing that has proven effective in curbing the spread to ease the strain on healthcare infrastructure.
Also, leadership issues aside is a big aside. Having the most incompetent and corrupt administration in recent US history helming the response to this, including someone who caused a public health crisis in his own state and a self-serving pharmaceutical industry lackey is about the worst you could ask for.
> "The experts who made this map, and ranked the US in first place, are quick to add caveats to America’s number one status... The US scored well on measures including "biosecurity" and "emergency preparedness," but was near the bottom of the list when it came to "healthcare access... According to the Global Health Security Index ranking, the US comes in 175th out of 195 countries, when it comes to Americans‘ access to healthcare.
Another comment goes into more detail, but it's not too complicated. In the US, a lot of people are reluctant to seek healthcare because of the high cost. So people in a poor economic situation who are starting to feel the symptoms are forced to take a gamble:
- Go to the hospital, get tested, possibly get quarantined, lose work income, possibly get fired, possibly pay large bill if uninsured
- Don't go to the hospital, hope you recover fine
If it splits half-half, that's a lot of people who are going to be going outside and infecting people.
Also, leadership issues aside is a big aside. Having the most incompetent and corrupt administration in recent US history helming the response to this, including someone who caused a public health crisis in his own state and a self-serving pharmaceutical industry lackey is about the worst you could ask for.