America had the world's 16th highest death rate from COVID (technically 17th but San Marino is not a real country)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country
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A better metric would be excess deaths compared to the normal death rate.
Most of them are doing okay given that they don't have all the advantages that we do.
Kennedy sees 1 million Covid deaths under Trump 1 and says, "Hold My Beer"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-reports-cases-new-covid-variant-nb-1-8-1-behind-surge-china/
If they did, they would figure on the list, and on high places.
All former communist countries have a high rate of deaths. I don't believe Belarus or Serbia are exceptions.
Huge peak of cases and deaths all at once, dramatically fewer after
Excellent portrayal of that WW1 & pandemic and memorials in Downton Abbey btw
So it’s not over yet, maybe the “peak” is.
(Diseases never end until we vaccinate kids and babies)
A good chunk was SCOTUS allowing churches to congregate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-more-300-people-us-090201801.html