[reducesuffering]

While very resonating and personal, I wish he had included data in comparison with the rest of the world. Data on where the US falls short, relatively, could give better insight into identifying the problems and getting to the solutions.

[makomk]

My general assumption these days is that, if an article portraying something as a uniquely American ill or failing hasn't bothered to put the stats it's using in context by comparing them with other countries, it's because those comparisons would get in the way of the article's thesis. Though maybe I'm getting cynical from having followed your media's coverage of Covid-19 over the past few months.