"Instead of galvanizing the US populace to fight the pandemic, President Trump publicly dismissed its threat," the report in The Lancet explains.

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This is such a bullshit headline that hides the actual underlying problem.

40 percent of COVID-19 pandemic deaths in 2020 would have been averted if America's mortality rate was equivalent to other wealthy peer nations

What actions from the Democrat controlled government have changed course at all from Trump's policies? None.

Nothing would be different, except people would be somehow even more accepting of a half million dead in the USA.

  • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    when compared to the death rates in other G7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom). Comparing the U.S. COVID-19 mortality rate to this peer group, the U.S. would have seen 40 percent fewer deaths in 2020 if its mortality rate was comparable.

    Could it be that every one of those countries has some form of universal healthcare? No. It must be orange man bad.