[SnowProblem]

Do they? Take the 5 major countries in western Europe - UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Together they have ~325M people, which is about the size of the US.

Both total cases and total deaths are higher than US. Total deaths is 4x worse. What numbers are you looking at?

[NickNameNick]

All the numbers will double every 3.5 days if not properly controlled.

Give it a week and see how close the US is to overtaking Europe.