[lurquer]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

US is 21st in per capita deaths (and falling... that is, it was 18th a couple days ago.)

Spin all you want about testing and the like.

But, the fact remains that the US's medical system is doing a better job than the other western countries.

Its striking that Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Belgium, UK, Sweden, Denmark, and Austria have more per capita covid deaths than the US. (Looks like Germany is about to be added to that list.)

I do not see how any rational and objective analysis could characterize the US's response as 'particularly flawed'.

[sd8f9iu]

There is no sense in comparing per-capita deaths this early in the pandemic, especially when the spread of the virus in the US trails a few weeks behind that in Europe. Talk to me in a few months. Furthermore, per-capita figures are meaningless when comparing areas of substantially different population size and density (e.g. Austria, Switzerland) to the US. _I_ do not see how a "rational and objective analysis" like yours can ignore these basic mitigating factors when making such comparisons.