More: The US now has more COVID-19 cases than five of the largest European outbreaks combined. Even as states begin to relax the quarantine conditions, the country is stuck in a high plateau of new cases. In the last week the US has reported 24,000 to 41,000 new cases and between 1200 and 2600 deaths due to the disease. The virus appears to be spreading to rural states after slamming large urban centers like New York, which is typical behavior for an airborne pathogen following human networks. Reported figures are undoubtedly undercounts of actual exposure and death.
States still lag considerably behind the necessary testing capacity to safely resume normal activity according to several health institutions and experts.
This chart from
Bloomberg.com compares the performance of developed countries in combating the virus spread. The US lags behind European nations and has been outperformed by Asian nations, including China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
A two month delay--after the outbreak was first reported to the world and the regime mired in delusional denial--was responsible for a skyrocketing death rate in the US. So much for,
"having it totally under control". If Total Douche
wants to put his name on something related to the pandemic, it should be a written apology to 'Mericans for making them expendable.
Glass of bleach anyone?
