[brendanmc6]

Following your nonsensical logic there would be no difference in covid cases between states or nations. Obviously this is not true.

It is absolutely the government’s job to enact policy to slow the spread of deadly disease. It is also the job of governing leaders to encourage and educate citizens on how and why they should comply with these policies. This is where the USA is failing miserably.

We could discuss the tradeoffs and the details, that’s fair, but it’s totally irresponsible of you to say that this massive spike in cases was ‘inevitable’.

[tasogare]

No he could be right: the covid is better handled in places were people are more careful, which explains the difference between countries. In fact there is less deaths in countries with less or no restrictions (Taiwan, South Korea, Japan) than the ones who heavily locked down their population (Europe) which tends to prove the point.

[lolc]

The specific argument was that people didn't change their behaviour enough. The inevitable consequence being more cases. Inevitable as in "can't change it anymore, the cases are rolling in."

I don't see how you arrived at your reading.

[lmilcin]

Every nation spends their Christmas differently. And the rise in cases will also heavily depend on what was done by the government before the Christmas, so no, not every country will see exact same increase in cases.