Trump's clownery isn't the main reason covid has been such a disaster in the US. He didn't help but the reasons are largely structural.
In a country that fails to guarantee the human right to healthcare, people are going to keep from seeking testing and treatment due to the severe economic penalties of doing so.
A country with weak labour power and insufficient workers' rights that doesn't guarantee sick pay will see people forced to go to work with symptoms and infect others.
In a country where denying science has become socially acceptable because politicians could gain from feeding religious fanaticism people are going to disregard the advice of medical experts and rely on conspiracy theories instead.
In a country built on rugged individualism and childish consumerism people are not going to accept being inconvenienced even the slightest in the cause of the common good.
Trump's clownery isn't the main reason covid has been such a disaster in the US. He didn't help but the reasons are largely structural.
In a country that fails to guarantee the human right to healthcare, people are going to keep from seeking testing and treatment due to the severe economic penalties of doing so.
A country with weak labour power and insufficient workers' rights that doesn't guarantee sick pay will see people forced to go to work with symptoms and infect others.
In a country where denying science has become socially acceptable because politicians could gain from feeding religious fanaticism people are going to disregard the advice of medical experts and rely on conspiracy theories instead.
In a country built on rugged individualism and childish consumerism people are not going to accept being inconvenienced even the slightest in the cause of the common good.
US state ideology kills :amerikkka: